Modal Volumes

Distributed, high-performance file system volumes for sharing state across functions and containers, managed via modal.Volume in the SDK and the `modal volume` CLI. Read/write, commit, and reload operations are SDK/CLI-only with no public REST endpoint.

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aid: modal-labs:modal-labs-volumes-api
name: Modal Volumes
tags:
- Volumes
- Storage
- Persistence
- SDK
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://modal.com/docs/guide/volumes
properties:
- url: https://modal.com/docs/guide/volumes
  type: Documentation
- url: https://modal.com/docs/reference/modal.Volume
  type: APIReference
description: Distributed, high-performance file system volumes for sharing state across functions and
  containers, managed via modal.Volume in the SDK and the `modal volume` CLI. Read/write, commit, and
  reload operations are SDK/CLI-only with no public REST endpoint.