Quotas for Amazon EBS - Amazon EBS

Quotas for Amazon EBS

Your AWS account has default quotas, formerly referred to as limits, for each AWS service. Unless otherwise noted, each quota is Region-specific. You can request increases for some quotas, and other quotas cannot be increased.

To view the quotas for Amazon EBS, open the Service Quotas console. In the navigation pane, choose AWS services and select Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). To request a quota increase, see Requesting a Quota Increase in the Service Quotas User Guide.

Your AWS account has the following quotas related to Amazon EBS.

Name Default Adjustable Description
Archived snapshots per volume Each supported Region: 25 Yes The maximum number of archived snapshots per volume.
CompleteSnapshot requests per account Each supported Region: 10 per second No The maximum number of CompleteSnapshot requests allowed per account.
Concurrent snapshot copies per destination Region Each supported Region: 20 No The maximum number of concurrent snapshot copies to a single destination Region.
Concurrent snapshots per Cold HDD (sc1) volume Each supported Region: 1 No The maximum number of concurrent snapshots per Cold HDD (sc1) volume in this Region.
Concurrent snapshots per General Purpose SSD (gp2) volume Each supported Region: 5 No The maximum number of concurrent snapshots per General Purpose SSD (gp2) volume in this Region.
Concurrent snapshots per General Purpose SSD (gp3) volume Each supported Region: 5 No The maximum number of concurrent snapshots per General Purpose SSD (gp3) volume in this Region.
Concurrent snapshots per Magnetic (standard) volume Each supported Region: 5 No The maximum number of concurrent snapshots per Magnetic (standard) volume in this Region.
Concurrent snapshots per Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volume Each supported Region: 5 No The maximum number of concurrent snapshots per Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volume in this Region.
Concurrent snapshots per Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volume Each supported Region: 5 No The maximum number of concurrent snapshots per Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volume in this Region.
Concurrent snapshots per Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volume Each supported Region: 1 No The maximum number of concurrent snapshots per Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volume in this Region.
Fast snapshot restore

us-east-1: 5

us-east-2: 5

us-west-1: 5

us-west-2: 5

af-south-1: 5

ap-east-1: 5

ap-northeast-1: 5

ap-northeast-2: 5

ap-northeast-3: 5

ap-south-1: 5

ap-southeast-1: 5

ap-southeast-2: 5

ap-southeast-3: 5

ca-central-1: 5

eu-central-1: 5

eu-north-1: 5

eu-south-1: 5

eu-west-1: 5

eu-west-2: 5

eu-west-3: 5

me-south-1: 5

sa-east-1: 5

Each of the other supported Regions: 5

 Yes The maximum number of snapshots that can be enabled for fast snapshot restore in this Region.
GetSnapshotBlock requests per account

us-east-1: 5,000 per second

us-east-2: 5,000 per second

us-west-2: 5,000 per second

ap-southeast-1: 5,000 per second

eu-west-1: 5,000 per second

Each of the other supported Regions: 1,000 per second

 Yes The maximum number of GetSnapshotBlock requests allowed per account.
GetSnapshotBlock requests per snapshot Each supported Region: 1,000 per second No The maximum number of GetSnapshotBlock requests allowed per snapshot.
IOPS for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes Each supported Region: 300,000 Yes The maximum aggregated number of IOPS that can be provisioned across Provisioned IOPS SDD (io1) volumes in this Region.
IOPS for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes Each supported Region: 100,000 Yes The maximum aggregated number of IOPS that can be provisioned across Provisioned IOPS SDD (io2) volumes in this Region.
IOPS modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes Each supported Region: 500,000 Yes The maximum IOPS modifications across all Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) storage in this Region (KB/s).
IOPS modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes Each supported Region: 100,000 Yes The maximum current (from) and requested (to) IOPS for volume modification requests across Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes in this Region.
In-progress snapshot archives per account Each supported Region: 25 Yes The maximum number of in-progress snapshot archives per account.
In-progress snapshot restores from archive per account Each supported Region: 5 Yes The maximum number of in-progress snapshot restores from archive per account.
ListChangedBlocks requests per account Each supported Region: 50 per second No The maximum number of ListChangedBlocks requests allowed per account.
ListSnapshotBlocks requests per account Each supported Region: 50 per second No The maximum number of ListSnapshotBlocks requests allowed per account.
Pending snapshots per account Each supported Region: 100 No The maximum number of snapshots in a pending state per account.
PutSnapshotBlock requests per account

us-east-1: 5,000 per second

us-east-2: 5,000 per second

us-west-2: 5,000 per second

ap-southeast-1: 5,000 per second

eu-west-1: 5,000 per second

Each of the other supported Regions: 1,000 per second

 Yes The maximum number of PutSnapshotBlock requests allowed per account.
PutSnapshotBlock requests per snapshot Each supported Region: 1,000 per second No The maximum number of PutSnapshotBlock requests allowed per snapshot.
Snapshots per Region Each supported Region: 100,000 Yes The maximum number of snapshots per Region
StartSnapshot requests per account Each supported Region: 10 per second No The maximum number of StartSnapshot requests allowed per account.
Storage for Cold HDD (sc1) volumes, in TiB

af-south-1: 300

ap-east-1: 300

eu-south-1: 300

me-south-1: 300

Each of the other supported Regions: 50

 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be provisioned across Cold HDD (sc1) volumes in this Region.
Storage for General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes, in TiB

af-south-1: 300

ap-east-1: 300

eu-south-1: 300

me-south-1: 300

Each of the other supported Regions: 50

 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be provisioned across General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes in this Region.
Storage for General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes, in TiB

af-south-1: 300

ap-east-1: 300

eu-south-1: 300

me-south-1: 300

Each of the other supported Regions: 50

 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be provisioned across General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes in this Region.
Storage for Magnetic (standard) volumes, in TiB

af-south-1: 300

ap-east-1: 300

eu-south-1: 300

me-south-1: 300

Each of the other supported Regions: 50

 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be provisioned across Magnetic (standard) volumes in this Region.
Storage for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes, in TiB

af-south-1: 300

ap-east-1: 300

eu-south-1: 300

me-south-1: 300

Each of the other supported Regions: 50

 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be provisioned across Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes in this Region.
Storage for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes, in TiB Each supported Region: 20 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be provisioned across Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes in this Region.
Storage for Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volumes, in TiB

af-south-1: 300

ap-east-1: 300

eu-south-1: 300

me-south-1: 300

Each of the other supported Regions: 50

 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be provisioned across Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volumes in this Region.
Storage modifications for Cold HDD (sc1) volumes, in TiB Each supported Region: 500 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be requested in volume modifications across Cold HDD (sc1) volumes in this Region.
Storage modifications for General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes, in TiB Each supported Region: 500 Yes The maximum storage modifications across all General Purpose SSD (gp2) storage in this Region (TiB).
Storage modifications for General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes, in TiB Each supported Region: 500 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be requested in volume modifications across General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes in this Region.
Storage modifications for Magnetic (standard) volumes, in TiB Each supported Region: 500 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be requested in volume modifications across Magnetic (standard) volumes in this Region.
Storage modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes, in TiB Each supported Region: 500 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be requested in volume modifications across Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes in this Region.
Storage modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes, in TiB Each supported Region: 20 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be requested in volume modifications across Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes in this Region.
Storage modifications for Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volumes, in TiB Each supported Region: 500 Yes The maximum aggregated amount of storage, in TiB, that can be requested in volume modifications across Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) volumes in this Region.
Time-based snapshot copy throughput per destination Region Each supported Region: 2,000 Yes The maximum account-level throughput, in MiB/sec, for time-based snapshot copy operations per destination Region.
Considerations

  • Your quotas can change over time. Amazon EBS constantly monitors your provisioned storage and IOPS usage within each Region and might automatically increase your quotas, on a per-Region basis, based on your usage. Even though Amazon EBS can automatically increase your quotas based on your usage, you can request a quota increase if needed. For example, if you plan to use more gp3 storage in US East (N. Virginia) than your current quota, you can request a quota increase for that volume type in that Region ahead of your planned usage.

  • The quota for Concurrent snapshot copies per destination Region is not adjustable using Service Quotas. However, you can request an increase for this quota by contacting AWS Support.

  • The IOPS modifications and Storage modifications quotas apply to the aggregated current value (for size or IOPS, depending on the quota) of volumes that can undergo modifications concurrently. You can make concurrent modification requests for volumes that have combined current value (for size or IOPS) up to the quota. For example, if your IOPS modifications for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes quota is 50,000, you can make concurrent IOPS modifications requests for any number of io1 volumes as long as their combined current IOPS is equal to or less than 50,000. If you have three io1 volumes provisioned with 20,000 IOPS each, you can request IOPS modifications for two volumes concurrently (20,000 * 2 < 50,000). If you submit a concurrent IOPS modification request for the third volume, you exceed your quota and that request fails (20,000 * 3 > 50,000).

  • Amazon EBS has the following non-adjustable limits for the number of EBS volumes per instance launch request.

    • 2500 — us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1, and ap-northeast-1

    • 500 — all other Regions

    This limit applies to instance launch requests that you make, and to instance launch requests made by AWS services, such as Amazon EMR, on your behalf. If your instance launch request fails as a result of exceeding this limit, we recommend that you adjust the EBS volume configuration in the launch request to ensure the number of volumes is below the limit, or that you work with your technical account manager (TAM) to explore other options for launching your cluster without exceeding the limit.