---
service_category: storage
service_title: Elastic Volume Service
service_type: evs
service_uri: elastic-volume-service
teams:
  - name: docs-storage-rw
    permission: write
cloud_environments:
  - name: eu_de
    visibility: public
  - name: swiss
    visibility: public
is_global: false
description: Elastic Volume Service (EVS) offers scalable block storage for servers. With high reliability, high performance, and rich specifications, EVS disks can be used for distributed file systems, development and testing environments, data warehouse applications, and high-performance computing (HPC) scenarios to meet diverse service requirements.