AWS Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Service Limits
43 quotas for Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). 28 can be increased.
| Quota | Default | Status |
|---|---|---|
Max concurrent copy volume operations per account Max concurrent copy volume operations per account compute | 5 count | Adjustable |
IOPS for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes IOPS for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes storage | 100,000 count | Adjustable |
Storage modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes, in TiB Storage modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes, in TiB storage | 20 count | Adjustable |
Storage modifications for Cold HDD (sc1) volumes, in TiB Storage modifications for Cold HDD (sc1) volumes, in TiB storage | 500 count | Adjustable |
Storage modifications for General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes, in TiB Storage modifications for General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes, in TiB storage | 500 count | Adjustable |
Time-based snapshot copy throughput per destination Region Time-based snapshot copy throughput per destination Region general | 2,000 count | Adjustable |
IOPS modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes IOPS modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes storage | 500,000 count | Adjustable |
ListSnapshotBlocks requests per account ListSnapshotBlocks requests per account throughput | 50 count | Fixed |
Storage modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes, in TiB Storage modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes, in TiB storage | 500 count | Adjustable |
Archived snapshots per volume Archived snapshots per volume storage | 25 count | Adjustable |
PutSnapshotBlock requests per snapshot PutSnapshotBlock requests per snapshot throughput | 1,000 count | Fixed |
Snapshots per Region Snapshots per Region general | 100,000 count | Adjustable |
Storage for Magnetic (standard) volumes, in TiB Storage for Magnetic (standard) volumes, in TiB storage | 50 count | Adjustable |
StartSnapshot pending snapshots per account StartSnapshot pending snapshots per account general | 100 count | Fixed |
Storage for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes, in TiB Storage for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes, in TiB storage | 20 count | Adjustable |
Storage for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes, in TiB Storage for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes, in TiB storage | 50 count | Adjustable |
StartSnapshot requests per account StartSnapshot requests per account throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
Storage for Cold HDD (sc1) volumes, in TiB Storage for Cold HDD (sc1) volumes, in TiB storage | 50 count | Adjustable |
Provisioned Rate for Volume Initialization across concurrent volume creation requests per Region Provisioned Rate for Volume Initialization across concurrent volume creation requests per Region compute | 5,000 count | Adjustable |
Storage modifications for Magnetic (standard) volumes, in TiB Storage modifications for Magnetic (standard) volumes, in TiB storage | 500 count | Adjustable |
Storage modifications for General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes, in TiB Storage modifications for General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes, in TiB storage | 500 count | Adjustable |
IOPS for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes IOPS for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes storage | 300,000 count | Adjustable |
In-progress snapshot archives per account In-progress snapshot archives per account general | 25 count | Adjustable |
GetSnapshotBlock requests per snapshot GetSnapshotBlock requests per snapshot throughput | 1,000 count | Fixed |
Storage for Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volumes, in TiB Storage for Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volumes, in TiB storage | 50 count | Adjustable |
In-progress snapshot restores from archive per account In-progress snapshot restores from archive per account general | 5 count | Adjustable |
ListChangedBlocks requests per account ListChangedBlocks requests per account throughput | 50 count | Fixed |
Storage for General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes, in TiB Storage for General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes, in TiB storage | 50 count | Adjustable |
Storage modifications for Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volumes, in TiB Storage modifications for Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volumes, in TiB storage | 500 count | Adjustable |
IOPS modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes IOPS modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes storage | 100,000 count | Adjustable |
Fast snapshot restore Fast snapshot restore general | 5 count | Adjustable |
PutSnapshotBlock requests per account PutSnapshotBlock requests per account throughput | 5,000 count | Adjustable |
GetSnapshotBlock requests per account GetSnapshotBlock requests per account throughput | 5,000 count | Adjustable |
CompleteSnapshot requests per account CompleteSnapshot requests per account throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
Storage for General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes, in TiB Storage for General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes, in TiB storage | 50 count | Adjustable |
Concurrent snapshots per Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volume Concurrent snapshots per Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volume compute | 1 count | Fixed |
Concurrent snapshots per Cold HDD (sc1) volume Concurrent snapshots per Cold HDD (sc1) volume compute | 1 count | Fixed |
Concurrent snapshots per Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volume Concurrent snapshots per Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volume compute | 5 count | Fixed |
Concurrent snapshot copies per destination Region Concurrent snapshot copies per destination Region compute | 20 count | Fixed |
Concurrent snapshots per Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volume Concurrent snapshots per Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volume compute | 5 count | Fixed |
Concurrent snapshots per Magnetic (standard) volume Concurrent snapshots per Magnetic (standard) volume compute | 5 count | Fixed |
Concurrent snapshots per General Purpose SSD (gp3) volume Concurrent snapshots per General Purpose SSD (gp3) volume compute | 5 count | Fixed |
Concurrent snapshots per General Purpose SSD (gp2) volume Concurrent snapshots per General Purpose SSD (gp2) volume compute | 5 count | Fixed |
How to Request a Quota Increase
- 1Open the AWS Service Quotas console.
- 2Select Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) from the service list.
- 3Find the quota and click "Request increase".
- 4Enter the desired value and submit. Most increases are approved within a few hours.
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