EC2/EBS Hard Ceiling & Quota Diagnostic Troubleshooter (Part 1)
Use the interactive troubleshooter below to identify your EC2/EBS hard ceiling or quota symptom, review the raw evidence, understand the breach consequence, and note the limit.
🚨 Step 1: What specific error symptom are you experiencing?
Please click the most accurate description:
Quick Reference Table
| # | Service & Resource | The Number | Hard Ceiling or Adjustable? | Breach Consequence | Verbatim Source Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon EBS Snapshot | 20 concurrent snapshot copy requests | Hard Ceiling | Receive a ResourceLimitExceeded error | "There is a limit of 20 concurrent snapshot copy requests per destination Region. If you exceed this quota, you receive a ResourceLimitExceeded error." |
| 2 | Amazon EBS Volume | 1 pending snapshot (for st1 or sc1) or 5 pending snapshots (for other types) | Hard Ceiling | Receive a ConcurrentSnapshotLimitExceeded error | "There is a limit of one pending snapshot for a single st1 or sc1 volume, or five pending snapshots for a single volume of the other volume types..." |
| 3 | Amazon EC2 AMI | 600 GB of EBS snapshot data | Hard Ceiling | Further task creation will be rejected | "The sum of the sizes of all the AMIs in progress is limited to 600 GB of EBS snapshot data per account. Further task creation will be rejected until the tasks in progress are less than the limit." |
| 4 | Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances | 3600 seconds per clock-hour | Hard Ceiling | Billed at the On-Demand rate | "You can run multiple instances concurrently, but can only receive the benefit of the Reserved Instance discount for a total of 3600 seconds per clock-hour; instance usage that exceeds 3600 seconds in a clock-hour is billed at the On-Demand rate." |