<commit_before># About storage pools and storage volumes

LXD stores its data in storage pools, divided into storage volumes of different content types (like images or instances).
You could think of a storage pool as the disk that is used to store data, while storage volumes are different partitions on this disk that are used for specific purposes.

## Storage pools

During initialization, LXD prompts you to create a first storage pool.
If required, you can create additional storage pools later (see {ref}`storage-create-pool`).

Each storage pool uses a storage driver.
The following storage drivers are supported:

- {ref}`storage-dir`
- {ref}`storage-btrfs`
- {ref}`storage-lvm`
- {ref}`storage-zfs`
- {ref}`storage-ceph`
- {ref}`storage-cephfs`

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### Data storage location

Where the LXD data is stored depends on the configuration and the selected storage driver.
Depending on the storage driver that is used, LXD can either share the file system with its host or keep its data separate.

Storage location         | Directory | Btrfs    | LVM      | ZFS      | Ceph RBD | CephFS
:---                     | :-:       | :-:      | :-:      | :-:      | :-:      | :-:
Shared with the host     | &#x2713;  | &#x2713; | -        | &#x2713; | -        | -<commit_msg>doc: fix spelling storage.md<commit_after># About storage pools and storage volumes

LXD stores its data in storage pools, divided into storage volumes of different content types (like images or instances).
You could think of a storage pool as the disk that is used to store data, while storage volumes are different partitions on this disk that are used for specific purposes.

## Storage pools

During initialization, LXD prompts you to create a first storage pool.
If required, you can create additional storage pools later (see {ref}`storage-create-pool`).

Each storage pool uses a storage driver.
The following storage drivers are supported:

- [Directory - `dir`](storage-dir)
- [Btrfs - `btrfs`](storage-btrfs)
- [LVM - `lvm`](storage-lvm)
- [ZFS - `zfs`](storage-zfs)
- [Ceph RBD - `ceph`](storage-ceph)
- [CephFS - `cephfs`](storage-cephfs)

(storage-location)=
### Data storage location

Where the LXD data is stored depends on the configuration and the selected storage driver.
Depending on the storage driver that is used, LXD can either share the file system with its host or keep its data separate.

Storage location         | Directory | Btrfs    | LVM      | ZFS      | Ceph RBD | CephFS
:---                     | :-:       | :-:      | :-:      | :-:      | :-:      | :-:
Shared with the host     | &#x2713;  | &#x2713; | -        | &#x2713; | -        | -
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