Quotas and limits

This document contains the resource capacity limits and per-second API request quotas for Memorystore for Memcached.

Regional limits

Limit	Value
Nodes per region	100
vCPUs available per region	2000
Total memory available per region	10 TiB

To request a higher quota for a region, see Regional capacity quota increases .

Node limits

Limit	Value
Connected clients per node.	65,000

Management operations quota

The per-second quota for management operations (instance create , delete , update etc.) for Memorystore for Memcached is as follows, and is subject to change:

Management API Requests Quota	Value
API read requests per 100s	500 (5 QPS)
API write requests per 100s	500 (5 QPS)

This quota is for memcache.googleapis.com requests/operations, not OSS Memcached protocol/commands. These limits apply to each Google Cloud console project and are shared across all applications and IP addresses using that project.

Regional quota increases

To request a higher regional capacity for your project, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Quotaspage in the Google Cloud console.
   Quotas
2. From the Servicesdrop down, select Memorystore for Memcached API.
3. From the list of quotas, click the checkbox next to your desired quota for your desired region.
4. Click the Edit Quotasbutton.
5. In the edit pane, enter your contact information, then click Next.
6. Enter your desired quota, then click Done.
7. Click Submit request.