Amazon RDS for Oracle and SQL Server now support up to 256 TiB storage with additional storage volumes

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle and SQL Server now support up to 256 TiB storage size, a 4x increase in storage size per database instance. Customers can add up to three additional storage volumes in addition to the primary storage volume, each up to 64 TiB storage, to their database instance. Additional storage volumes can be added, scaled up, or removed from the database instance without application downtime, so customers have the flexibility to add and adjust storage volumes over time based on changing workload requirements.

With additional storage volumes, customers can continue to scale database storage beyond the maximum storage size available in the primary volume. Also, customers can temporarily add volumes when they have a short-term requirement for additional storage, such as for month-end data processing or importing data from local storage, and remove unused volumes when they are no longer required. Furthermore, customers can optimize cost performance by using a combination of high-performance Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes and General Purpose (gp3) volumes for their database instance. For example, data that requires consistent IOPS performance can be stored on an io2 volume, and infrequently accessed historical data can be stored on a gp3 volume to optimize storage cost.

To get started, customers can create additional storage volumes in a new or existing database instance through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or SDKs. For more information, visit the RDS for Oracle User Guide and RDS for SQL Server User Guide. To learn more about how customers can benefit from additional storage volumes, visit the AWS news blog post. Additional storage volumes are available in all commercial AWS Regions and the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.