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Reputation: 4871

Add storage to EC2 instance

Is it possible to add storage to an EC2 instance? The default set up I have has 30GB of memory and I'd like 100 on it.

I created an AMI from the instance but doesn't seem like you can attach it?

How can I add storage to running EC2 instance?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1066

Answers (2)

Vijay Daswani
Vijay Daswani

Reputation: 142

Yes, it is possible to modify volume. Identify the EBS Volume of your EC2 instance. Or check in the description of ec2 instance. You will find the vol-id there.

Go to that volume --> In Actions --> modify volume.

Upvotes: 2

John Rotenstein
John Rotenstein

Reputation: 270154

First, some clarification...

The word "storage" is traditionally used for disk storage. Try to avoid using the word "storage" when referring to memory/RAM.

If you wish to change the memory assigned to an Amazon EC2 instance:

Behind-the-scenes, the instance will be allocated to a different type of host computer that has a different amount of CPU, RAM, Networking, etc. This is why the instance must be stopped, changed, and started.

If you are actually referring to disk storage, then there are two options to increase the storage:

  • Modify the Amazon EBS volume and increase the storage space, then tell your operating system to extend the disk onto the larger disk, OR
  • Create an additional Amazon EBS volume and attach it to the Amazon EC2 instance (which will create an additional disk device)

Upvotes: 2

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