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WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances now support ModifyVolume, with no restart needed!

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Hi everyone, Shii-chan here! Today's update makes storage operations for WorkSpaces Core a lot easier!

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What was announced?

According to AWS What's New, Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances now supports the ModifyVolume API. It lets you change a volume's size, type, IOPS, or throughput in place.

The story so far

Previously, changing storage capacity or performance on a deployed managed instance required rebuilding it.

What changes

You can make the change without detaching the volume or restarting the instance. When you run low on capacity or performance, you can respond without rebuilding.

Dive Deep

Here are the changes you can make:

  • Increase volume size up to 16,384 GiB
  • Switch between supported Amazon EBS volume types
  • Adjust IOPS for gp3, io1, and io2 volumes
  • Modify throughput for gp3 volumes

Other details:

  • Idempotency tokens are supported to prevent duplicate changes
  • Track progress with the Amazon EC2 DescribeVolumesModifications operation
  • Available in all AWS Regions where WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances is available
  • To get started, call ModifyVolume directly, or use it through your WorkSpaces Core partner solution once available

For more, see ModifyVolume in the WorkSpaces Instances API Reference and the limitations in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Wrap-up

  • WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances now support the ModifyVolume API
  • You can change size, type, IOPS, and throughput without detaching or restarting
  • Size goes up to 16,384 GiB, IOPS applies to gp3, io1, and io2, and throughput applies to gp3
  • Progress is visible through DescribeVolumesModifications

This is for operations teams building desktop infrastructure on WorkSpaces Core!

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