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In this article:

  • Quotas
  • Quotas for instances and instance groups
  • vCPU quotas
  • GPU quotas
  • Disk quotas
  • File storage quotas
  • Image quotas
  • Snapshot quotas
  • Dedicated host quotas
  • Other quotas
  • Limits
  • VM limits
  • VM limits on disk operations
  • Disk and file storage limits
  • Limits of disk snapshot schedules
  • Other limits
  1. Concepts
  2. Quotas and limits

Quotas and limits in Compute Cloud

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Updated at April 28, 2025
  • Quotas
    • Quotas for instances and instance groups
    • vCPU quotas
    • GPU quotas
    • Disk quotas
    • File storage quotas
    • Image quotas
    • Snapshot quotas
    • Dedicated host quotas
    • Other quotas
  • Limits
    • VM limits
    • VM limits on disk operations
    • Disk and file storage limits
    • Limits of disk snapshot schedules
    • Other limits

Compute Cloud has the following limits:

  • Quotas are organizational constraints that our support team can change upon request.
  • Limits are technical constraints of the Yandex Cloud architecture. You cannot change the limits.

If you need more resources, you can increase your quotas in one of the following ways:

  • Make a request to increase your quotas.
  • Contact support, detailing which quotas you want increased and by how much.

To have your request processed, you must have the quota-manager.requestOperator role or higher, e.g.,editor or admin.

You can manage quotas using Cloud Quota Manager.

QuotasQuotas

Quotas for instances and instance groupsQuotas for instances and instance groups

Type of limit

Value

Number of virtual machines per cloud

12

Total virtual memory across all VMs per cloud

128 GB

Number of instance groups per cloud

10

Maximum number of VM placement groups per cloud

2

Maximum number of VMs per partition in a VM placement group with the partition placement strategy

100

Maximum number of security groups per network interface

Warning

You can increase this quota only upon agreement with your account manager.

5

vCPU quotasvCPU quotas

Type of limit Value
Total number of vCPUs across all VMs per cloud 32
Total number of Intel Ice Lake Compute-Optimized vCPUs across all VMs per cloud 0

GPU quotasGPU quotas

Type of limit Value
Total number of NVIDIA® Tesla® V100 GPUs across all VMs per cloud 0
Total number of AMD EPYC™ with NVIDIA® Ampere® A100 GPUs across all VMs per cloud 0
Total number of Intel Ice Lake with NVIDIA® Tesla® T4 GPUs across all VMs per cloud 0
Total number of Intel Ice Lake with T4i GPUs across all VMs per cloud 0

Disk quotasDisk quotas

Type of limit Value
Total number of disks per cloud 32
Total HDD storage capacity per cloud 500 GB
Total SSD storage capacity per cloud 200 GB
Total non-replicated SSD storage capacity per cloud 558 GB
Total capacity of ultra high-speed network SSD storages with three replicas per cloud 186 GB
Number of non-replicated disk placement groups per cloud 5

File storage quotasFile storage quotas

Type of limit Value
Total number of file storages per cloud1 100
Total HDD file storage size per cloud1 0 B
Total SSD file storage size per cloud1 0 B

Image quotasImage quotas

Type of limit Value
Number of images per cloud 8
Total volume of images per cloud 1,024 GB
Number of images optimized for deployment per cloud1 0

Note

When deploying optimized images, the quotas for the number of images per cloud and the total volume of images per cloud also apply. If you need to, send a request to support to increase these quotas.

Snapshot quotasSnapshot quotas

Type of limit Value
Total number of disk snapshots per cloud 32
Total storage capacity of all disk snapshots per cloud 400 GB
Number of disk snapshot schedules per cloud 32

Dedicated host quotasDedicated host quotas

Type of limit Value
Number of dedicated hosts per dedicated host group1 0
Number of dedicated host groups per cloud 6

Other quotasOther quotas

Type of limit Value
Number of concurrent operations per folder 15

1 To increase quotas for file storages, deployment-optimized images, or dedicated hosts, contact support.

LimitsLimits

VM limitsVM limits

Limits per VM depend on the VM platform:

Intel Broadwell
Intel Cascade Lake
Intel Ice Lake
Intel Ice Lake (Compute Optimized)
Type of limit Value
Maximum number of vCPUs per VM 32
Maximum virtual memory per VM Without GPU: 256 GB
With GPU: 384 GB
Maximum number of disks and file storages connected to a single VM2 Less than or equal to 18 vCPUs: 8
From 18 vCPUs: 163
Maximum number of GPUs connected to a single VM 4
Maximum number of VM network interfaces 83
Maximum number of VMs per VM placement group with the spread placement strategy 5
Type of limit Value
Maximum number of vCPUs per VM Without GPU: 80
With GPU: 64
Maximum virtual memory per VM Without GPU: 1,280 GB
With GPU: 384 GB
Maximum number of disks and file storages connected to a single VM2 Less than or equal to 20 vCPUs: 8
From 20 vCPUs: 163
Maximum number of GPUs connected to a single VM 8
Maximum number of VM network interfaces 83
Maximum number of VMs per VM placement group with the spread placement strategy 5
Type of limit Value
Maximum number of vCPUs per VM 96
Maximum virtual memory per VM 640 GB
Maximum number of disks and file storages connected to a single VM2 Less than or equal to 32 vCPUs: 8
More than> 32 vCPUs: 163
Maximum number of VM network interfaces 83
Maximum number of VMs per VM placement group with the spread placement strategy 5
Type of limit Value
Maximum number of vCPUs per VM 56
Maximum virtual memory per VM 448 GB
Maximum number of disks and file storages connected to a single VM2 Less than or equal to 32 vCPUs: 8
More than> 32 vCPUs: 163
Maximum number of VM network interfaces 83
Maximum number of VMs per VM placement group with the spread placement strategy 5

2 Including the boot disk.

3 At startup, you can connect no more than 14 devices to a VM, including the boot disk and network card. You should connect other devices when your VM is already running. Please note that if you restart a VM with more than 14 devices connected, it will not be able to boot.

VM limits on disk operationsVM limits on disk operations

Network SSD
Network HDD
Non-replicated SSD
Ultra high-speed network storage with three replicas (SSD)
Type of limit Value
Maximum4 IOPS per vCPU 3,500
Maximum5 bandwidth per vCPU 45 MB/s
Type of limit Value
Maximum4 IOPS per vCPU 3,500
Maximum5 bandwidth per vCPU 45 MB/s
Type of limit Value
Total number of non-replicated SSDs per placement group 8
Maximum4 IOPS per vCPU 10,000
Maximum4 IOPS per VM 100,000
Maximum5 bandwidth per vCPU 100 MB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth per VM 1 GB/s
Type of limit Value
Maximum4 IOPS per vCPU 10,000
Maximum4 IOPS per VM 100,000
Maximum5 bandwidth per vCPU 100 MB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth per VM 1 GB/s

Disk and file storage limitsDisk and file storage limits

Network SSD
Network HDD
Non-replicated SSD
Ultra high-speed network storage with three replicas (SSD)
Type of limit Value
Maximum disk size 256 TB
Allocation unit size 32 GB
Maximum4 IOPS for writes per disk 40,000
Maximum4 IOPS for writes per allocation unit 1,000
Maximum5 bandwidth for writes per disk 450 MB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth for writes per allocation unit 15 MB/s
Maximum4 IOPS for reads per disk 20,000
Maximum4 IOPS for reads per allocation unit 1,000
Maximum5 bandwidth for reads per disk 450 MB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth for reads per allocation unit 15 MB/s
Type of limit Value
Maximum disk size 256 TB
Allocation unit size 256 GB
Maximum4 IOPS for writes per disk 11,000
Maximum4 IOPS for writes per allocation unit 300
Maximum5 bandwidth for writes per disk 240 MB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth for writes per allocation unit 30 MB/s
Maximum4 IOPS for reads per disk 2,000
Maximum4 IOPS for reads per allocation unit 300
Maximum5 bandwidth for reads per disk 240 MB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth for reads per allocation unit 30 MB/s
Type of limit Value
Minimum non-replicated disk size 93 GB
Allocation unit size 93 GB
Maximum4 IOPS for writes per disk 75,000
Maximum4 IOPS for writes per allocation unit 5,600
Maximum5 bandwidth for writes per disk 1 GB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth for writes per allocation unit 82 MB/s
Maximum4 IOPS for reads per disk 75,000
Maximum4 IOPS for reads per allocation unit 28,000
Maximum5 bandwidth for reads per disk 1 GB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth for reads per allocation unit 110 MB/s
Type of limit Value
Minimum capacity of ultra high-speed network storage with three replicas (SSD) 93 GB
Allocation unit size 93 GB
Maximum4 IOPS for writes per disk 40,000
Maximum4 IOPS for writes per allocation unit 5,600
Maximum5 bandwidth for writes per disk 1 GB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth for writes per allocation unit 82 MB/s
Maximum4 IOPS for reads per disk 75,000
Maximum4 IOPS for reads per allocation unit 28,000
Maximum5 bandwidth for reads per disk 1 GB/s
Maximum5 bandwidth for reads per allocation unit 110 MB/s
SSD storage
HDD storage
Type of limit Value
Maximum storage size 8 TB
Allocation unit size 32 GB
Maximum number of files in storage 1,000,000
Maximum size of file in storage 300 GB
Type of limit Value
Maximum storage size 8 TB
Allocation unit size 256 GB
Maximum number of files in storage 1,000,000
Maximum size of file in storage 300 GB

Read and write operations utilize the same disk resource. The more read operations you do, the fewer write operations you can do, and vice versa. For more information, see Read and write operations.

4 For maximum IOPS, we recommend keeping your read and write operations close to the disk block size (4 KB by default).

5 For maximum bandwidth, we recommend 4 MB reads and writes.

Limits of disk snapshot schedulesLimits of disk snapshot schedules

Type of limit Value
Number of disks added to a schedule 1,000
Number of schedules a disk is added to 1,000

Other limitsOther limits

Type of limit Value
Time to complete processes when stopping a VM6 30 seconds

6 When a VM stops, the hypervisor sends a shutdown signal to the VM operating system. The OS has 30 seconds to gracefully terminate all running processes to avoid data loss. After this time elapses, the VM will be forcibly terminated.

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