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# Using storage volumes locally on Snowball Edge with AWS OpsHub
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Amazon EC2-compatible instances use Amazon EBS volumes for storage. In this procedure, you create a storage volume and attach it to your instance using AWS OpsHub.

**To create a storage volume**

1. Open the AWS OpsHub application.

1. In the **Start computing** section on the dashboard, choose **Get started**. Or, choose the **Services** menu at the top, and then choose **Compute (EC2)** to open the **Compute** page. 

1. Choose the **Storage volumes** tab. If you have storage volumes on your device, the details about the volumes appear under **Storage volumes**.

1. Choose **Create volume** to open the **Create volume** page.  
![\[Create Volume page\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/developer-guide/images/opshub-create-volume-console.png)

1. Choose the device that you want to create the volume on, enter the size (in GiBs) that you want to create, and choose the type of volume.

1. Choose **Submit**. The **State** is **Creating**, and changes to **Available** when done. You can see your volume and details about it in the **Volumes** tab.

**To attach a storage volume to your instance**

1. Choose the volume that you created, and then choose **Attach volume**.  
![\[Attach volume window showing Compute Instance Id and Volume Device Name\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/developer-guide/images/opshub-attach-volume-console.png)

1. For **Compute instance Id**, choose the instance you want to attach the volume to.

1. For **Volume Device Name**, enter the device name of your volume (for example, **/dev/sdh** or **xvdh**).

1. Choose **Attach**.

If you no longer need the volume, you can detach it from the instance and then delete it.