Volumes Release Notes

Validated on 28 Apr 2026

April 2026

28 April

• A remote MCP server is now available for Volumes Block Storage, providing API-based access for AI tools to create, attach, detach, and manage volumes and volume snapshots.

August 2024

29 August

• We have increased the volume attach limit for DOKS nodes from 7 to 15.

12 August

• We have increased the volume attach limit for Droplets from 7 to 15. The limit for DOKS nodes is still 7, but we’re working to increase this as well.

March 2023

9 March

• We have finished rolling out NVMe for volumes in all regions. Newly-created volumes in all regions are now on NVMe-based storage.

October 2022

7 October

• The IOPS and throughput limits for volumes are now 50% higher. For a list of the new limits by Droplet type, see our updated limits page. To reach the new limits, you must power cycle the Droplet with the attached volume or detach and reattach the volume.

July 2022

12 July

• Newly-created volumes in NYC1, NYC3, SFO2, SFO3, FRA1, SGP1, LON1, and AMS3 are now on NVMe-based storage. Most existing volumes and volumes in BLR1 and TOR1 remain on SSD-based storage. We’re continuing to roll out NVMe across all volumes in all regions. In the interim, you can migrate volumes using rsync or similar tools to copy data.

June 2022

27 June

• To improve security, DigitalOcean no longer accepts TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 connections. This includes connections to www.digitalocean.com, cloud.digitalocean.com, and api.digitalocean.com.

August 2019

26 August

• Volume limits for verified accounts have been raised from 10 volumes per account/500 GB of volume data per region to 100 volumes per account/16 TB per region. Unverified accounts are still limited to 10 volumes/500 GB. Learn more about account verification.

19 August

• Began the incremental release of new block storage volume limits. By the end of the release, all verified accounts will be able to create up to 100 volumes or use a total of 16 TB of volume data per region. Unverified accounts will be allowed 10 volumes or to use a total of 500 GB per region.

• You can now create a maximum of one snapshot of a volume every 10 minutes. See the snapshots overview for more details.

May 2018

22 May

• Volumes for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian 8+, CentOS, and Fedora Atomic can be automatically formatted and mounted when they are created.

April 2018

30 April

• Burst support rolled out to all nine block storage regions.

  Performance Expectations

  Droplet Type	IOPS	Throughput
  Standard	5K	200 MB/s
  Std (Burst)	7.5K	300 MB/s
  Optimized	7.5K	300 MB/s
  Optimized (Burst)	10K	350 MB/s

February 2018

6 February

• We have upgraded the block storage clusters in Bangalore and London to Ceph Luminous, reducing median cluster latency by 50%.

January 2018

9 January

• With the release in AMS3, we now have volumes in all regions.