# Data Disk

Data Disk is elastic block storage service provided by Zenlayer for Virtual Machine Instances and provides low latency, high performance, high durability, and high reliability. Data Disk uses a distributed triplicate mechanism to copy your data within the location to ensure data durability and availability.

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## **Data Disk Limits**

A disk can be attached only to a single VM instance in the same location.

| Item                                        | Limits                                                          |
| ------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Maximum number of data disks on an instance | 10 (including the data disk created together with the instance) |
| Capacity of a single data disk (GB)         | 20 - 2000                                                       |


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