Amazon EBS now supports up to four Elastic Volumes modifications in 24 hours
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This article announces that Amazon EBS now supports up to four Elastic Volumes modifications per volume within a rolling 24-hour window.
- Increase volume size, change type, and adjust performance without detaching
- Start new modifications immediately after previous one completes
- Maximum four modifications allowed per 24-hour rolling window
- Applications continue running with minimal performance impact
- Available in all commercial AWS Regions, GovCloud, and China Regions
- Automatically enabled with no workflow changes required
This enhancement enables faster operational response to storage scaling needs and workload spikes without service interruption.
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