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title: "Disks and Storage"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforAzure/736330610/Disks%20and%20Storage"
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1. Enter the **Disk Size for VM**, between 250 GB and 2500 GB.

![6.disk.png](media://bab8b545-7781-497b-b8f7-0f5a9ae42106)

2. Next to Storage account for BootDiagnostics, click **Create New**.

*Note: You can alternatively select an existing storage account from the dropdown.*

![image](media://ee09424d-8dd0-4c13-8a16-72e2dad8eeaf)

2. On the Create storage account blade, enter a **Name** for the storage account.

*Note: Azure requires that the storage account name must be globally unique.*

3. Click **OK**.

![image](media://4ad23bb1-b025-472f-8fcc-562101474b84)

### **Reporting Appliance**

4. When deploying the IB-V5005 reporting appliance, you can select a desired VM size and an additional data disk is required. If not deploying an IB-V5005, skip to step 20.

Note: Infoblox has validated the IB-V5005 with DSv2 VM series and recommends you choose a VM from this series.

<span style="color: #ff5630">Warning: Do not change the VM size for PayGo deployments. The VM will will not boot successfully if size is changed for PayGo NIOS VMs only.</span>

1. Click on **Change size** to select a VM size.
2. Select your desired VM size and click **Select**.

![5.size.png](media://2d8a5134-a3f2-4746-aae8-7253a328d5b2)

![image](media://a8f23460-cd1d-458c-a526-8ea1738ff4c4)

3. Use the dropdown to select a **Data Disk Type**.
4. Enter a **Data Disk Size**, between 250GB and 2500GB.

![image](media://d0d785c8-f738-44d2-8c73-3f47b7ec7186)