How do I resolve a Trusted Advisor alert that shows that my Amazon EBS usage has reached the service limit?

Short description

The AWS Trusted Advisor monitors the resources in your AWS account and provides recommendations to help you follow best practices. One of its tasks is to monitor the service quotas in all Regions. Trusted Advisor then alerts you if your account reaches more than 80% of a service quota in any Region. This limit isn't enforced, and you're only notified so that you can investigate the usage and make any necessary changes in your account. There's no effect on the performance and durability of your EBS volumes. However, if you exceed the account limits, you might not be able to create new volumes in that Region.

Resolution

Follow the recommendations to delete resources or request a service quota increase in the Region where AWS Trusted Advisor shows the alert. To request a limit increase for your account, create a support case. Or, request an increase directly from the Service Quotas dashboard for the appropriate quota name in the correct Region.

Related information

What is Service Quotas?

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Service quotas