Creating an EBS Volume

Creating an io2 EBS Volume with Multi-Attach:

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, select Volumes.

  3. Choose Create volume.

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  4. For Volume type, select the type of volume you want to create. For more information, see Amazon EBS volume types.

    • General Purpose SSD gp3 is the default choice.
    • Select io2

  5. For Size, enter the size of the volume in GiB. For more information, see Constraints on the size and configuration of an EBS volume.

  6. (Only for io1, io2, and gp3) For IOPS, enter the number of input/output operations per second (IOPS) the volume should deliver.

  7. (Only for gp3) For Throughput, enter the throughput the volume should deliver, in MiB/s.

  8. For Availability Zone, choose the Availability Zone to create the volume in. Volumes can only be attached to instances in the same Availability Zone.

  9. For Snapshot ID, leave the default value (Do not create the volume from a snapshot).

  10. (Only for io1 and io2) To enable Multi-Attach feature for the volume, select Enable Multi-Attach. For more information, see Attach a volume to multiple instances with Amazon EBS Multi-Attach.

  11. Set the encryption status for the volume.

    • If your account has default encryption enabled, encryption will be automatically enabled, and you cannot turn it off. You may choose a KMS key to use for encrypting the volume.

    • If your account does not have default encryption enabled, encryption is optional. To encrypt the volume, select Encrypt this volume and then choose a KMS key for volume encryption.

    Note: Encrypted volumes can only be attached to instances that support Amazon EBS encryption. For more information, see Amazon EBS encryption.

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  1. (Optional) To assign custom tags to the volume, in the Tags section, choose Add tag, and then enter the key-value pair for the tag. For more information, see Tag your Amazon EC2 resources.

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  1. Choose Create volume.

    Note: The volume is ready to use when its status is available.

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