
Amazon EBS now supports up to 128 volume attachments per EC2 instance with M7i instances, quadrupling the previous limit and enabling higher storage density and cost-effective scaling for containerized applications and databases.


<div><p>This article announces that Amazon EBS now supports up to 128 volume attachments per EC2 instance with the launch of M7i instances, a significant increase from the previous 28-volume limit on M6i instances.</p><ul><li>M7i instances support 128 EBS volume attachments per EC2 instance</li><li>Previous M6i instances limited to 28 EBS volume attachments</li><li>Enables higher storage density and improved resource utilization per instance</li><li>Crash-consistent snapshots now supported for up to 128 volumes</li><li>Containerized applications can host up to 127 pods per instance</li><li>Database workloads can better utilize instance memory and vCPU capacity</li><li>Generally available in all AWS commercial regions</li></ul><p>This enhancement allows customers to increase storage density, reduce compute costs, and scale containerized and database workloads more efficiently on AWS.</p></div>


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