Enterprise Mode volume configuration defaults for AWS

When you provision an Enterprise Mode database cluster, Management Console configures separate volumes for the data, catalog, and temp directories.

When you provision an Enterprise Mode database cluster, Management Console configures separate volumes for the data, catalog, and temp directories.

The specific volumes and sizes that MC uses vary depending on the AWS instance type you select when provisioning the cluster.

MC follows these rules when selecting resources for these directories for an Enterprise Mode database cluster:

  • Data: Always use EBS volumes, to ensure the data is durable.

  • Catalog: Always use an EBS volume, to ensure the catalog is durable.

  • Temp: If the chosen instance type offers instance store, then use volumes from instance store.

Instance Type API Name Instance Storage Data Catalog Temp
Supported EBS Volumes N/A

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 100G

c3.4xlarge 320 G (2 * 160 GiB SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x160G

c3.8xlarge 640 G (2 * 320 GiB SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x320G

c5d.4xlarge 400 G (1 * 400 GiB SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

1x400G

i3.4xlarge 3800 G (2 * 1900 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x1900G

i3.8xlarge 7600 G (4 * 1900 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

4x1900G

i3.16xlarge 15200 G (8 * 1900 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

8x1900G

i3en.3xlarge 7500 G (1 * 7500 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

1x7500G

i3en.6xlarge 15000 G (2 * 7500 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x7500G

i3en.12xlarge 30000 G (4 * 7500 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

4x7500G

i4i.4xlarge 3750 G (1 * 3750 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

1x3750G

i4i.8xlarge 7500 G (2 * 3750 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x3750G

i4i.16xlarge 15000 G (4 * 3750 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

4x3750G

r3.4xlarge 320 G (1 * 320 GiB SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

320G

m5d.4xlarge 600 G (2 * 300 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x300G

m5d.8xlarge 1200 G (2 * 600 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x600G

m5d.12xlarge 1800 G (2 * 900 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x900G

m5d.16xlarge 2400 G (4 * 600 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

4x600G

r3.8xlarge 640 G (2 * 320 GiB SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x320G

r5d.4xlarge 600 G (2 * 300 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x300G

r5d.8xlarge 1200 G (2 * 600 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x600G

r5d.12xlarge 1800 G (2 * 900 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

2x900G

r5d.16xlarge 2400 G (4 * 600 GiB NVMe SSD)

Configurable 8 EBS volumes

Default to 75G per volume

Configurable 1 EBS volume

Default to 50G

Instance Store

4x600G

Supported EBS volumes

  • c4.4xlarge

  • c4.8xlarge

  • c5.4xlarge

  • c5.9xlarge

  • c6i.4xlarge

  • c6i.8xlarge

  • c6i.12xlarge

  • c6i.16xlarge

  • c6i.24xlarge

  • c6i.32xlarge

  • m4.4xlarge

  • m4.10xlarge

  • m5.4xlarge

  • m5.8xlarge

  • m5.12xlarge

  • r4.4xlarge

  • r4.8xlarge

  • r4.16xlarge

  • r5.4xlarge

  • r5.8xlarge

  • r5.12xlarge

  • r6i.4xlarge

  • r6i.8xlarge

  • r6i.12xlarge

  • r6i.16xlarge

  • r6i.24xlarge

  • r6i.32xlarge