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EC2/EBS Hard Ceiling & Quota Diagnostic Troubleshooter (Part 4)

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 & ResourceThe NumberHard Ceiling or Adjustable?Breach ConsequenceVerbatim Source Sentence
5Amazon EBS (Linux MBR Boot Volumes)2047 GiBHard CeilingConsequence not stated"If your Linux AMI uses MBR, your boot volume is limited to 2047 GiB, but your non-boot volumes do not have this limit."
6Amazon EBS (gp2, st1, sc1 Volumes)0 balance (depleted burst bucket)Soft Default / LimitVolume I/O or throughput is throttled to the baseline"When your burst bucket is depleted, volume I/O (for gp2 volumes) or volume throughput (for st1 and sc1 volumes) is throttled to the baseline."
7Amazon EC2 (Outpost Rack Root Volumes)30 GBHard CeilingConsequence not stated"The root volume for an instance on an Outpost rack must be 30 GB or smaller."
8Amazon EBS (Snapshot Archive)1 - 180 days (Default: 1 day)Hard Ceiling & Adjustable DefaultConsequence not stated"--temporary-restore-days must be specified in days. The allowed range is 1 - 180. If you do not specify a value, it defaults to 1 day."