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Updating existing instances to gp3 storage volumes is now supported

October 11, 2023

Updating existing instances to gp3  storage volumes is now supported

In a previous post, we announced that new RDS and Elasticsearch/Opensearch instances created on cloud.gov would default to gp3  for their storage volumes.

We are happy to announce that updating your existing RDS and Elasticsearch/Opensearch instances to use gp3  storage volumes is also now supported on cloud.gov.

How to update your existing instances

To update an existing RDS instance to use gp3  storage volumes:

cf update-service SERVICE-NAME -c '{"storage_type": "gp3"}'

There is no expected downtime when updating the storage volume type for an RDS instance.

To update an existing Elasticsearch/Opensearch instance to use gp3  storage volumes:

cf update-service SERVICE-NAME -c '{"volume_type": "gp3"}'

Updating the volume type to gp3  for your Elasticsearch/Opensearch instance will trigger a blue/green deployment and some amount of downtime while the instance upgrades.

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