Amazon RDS for SQL Server increases the maximum size and provisioned performance of General Purpose (gp3) volumes

Amazon RDS for SQL Server Updates

Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports higher volume-level limits for General Purpose (gp3) storage:

• Volume size: Up to 64 TiB (4X the previous limit)
• IOPS: Up to 80,000 IOPS (5X the previous limit)
• Throughput: Up to 2,000 MiB/s (2X the previous limit)

Customers can now run larger SQL Server databases on Amazon RDS with simplified storage management and better performance for mission-critical workloads. You can also configure additional storage volumes to increase total capacity up to 256 TiB per instance. Pricing remains unchanged.

What to do

• Review the Amazon RDS for SQL Server User Guide for more information.
• Check Amazon RDS for SQL Server Pricing for details and regional availability.

Source: AWS release notes

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