Absolute limits

All accounts, by default, have a preconfigured set of thresholds (or limits) to manage capacity and prevent abuse of the system. Absolute limits are fixed.

The following table provides details about the absolute limits for the Cloud Block Storage API.

Table: Absolute limits

Name	Description	Limit
Standard performance storage	Maximum amount of standard performance storage per region for applications that just need additional storage on their Cloud Server.	10 TB or 50 volumes
High performance storage	Maximum amount of High performance storage per region for databases and high performance applications leveraging solid state drives for speed and performance.	10 TB or 50 volumes
Number of snapshots	Maximum number of of snapshots allowed per volume.	500 snapshots per volume