# Volume


Describes a volume.

## Contents


 ** AttachmentSet.N **   
This parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.
Information about the volume attachments.  
Type: Array of [VolumeAttachment](API_VolumeAttachment.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** availabilityZone **   
The Availability Zone for the volume.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** availabilityZoneId **   
The ID of the Availability Zone for the volume.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** createTime **   
The time stamp when volume creation was initiated.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** encrypted **   
Indicates whether the volume is encrypted.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** fastRestored **   
This parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.
Indicates whether the volume was created using fast snapshot restore.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** iops **   
The number of I/O operations per second (IOPS). For `gp3`, `io1`, and `io2` volumes, this represents the number of IOPS that are provisioned for the volume. For `gp2` volumes, this represents the baseline performance of the volume and the rate at which the volume accumulates I/O credits for bursting.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** kmsKeyId **   
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS KMS key that was used to protect the volume encryption key for the volume.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** multiAttachEnabled **   
Indicates whether Amazon EBS Multi-Attach is enabled.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** operator **   
The service provider that manages the volume.  
Type: [OperatorResponse](API_OperatorResponse.md) object  
Required: No

 ** outpostArn **   
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** size **   
The size of the volume, in GiBs.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** snapshotId **   
The snapshot from which the volume was created, if applicable.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** sourceVolumeId **   
The ID of the source volume from which the volume copy was created. Only for volume copies.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** sseType **   
This parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.
Reserved for future use.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `sse-ebs | sse-kms | none`   
Required: No

 ** status **   
The volume state.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `creating | available | in-use | deleting | deleted | error`   
Required: No

 ** TagSet.N **   
Any tags assigned to the volume.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** throughput **   
The throughput that the volume supports, in MiB/s.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** volumeId **   
The ID of the volume.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** volumeInitializationRate **   
The Amazon EBS Provisioned Rate for Volume Initialization (volume initialization rate) specified for the volume during creation, in MiB/s. If no volume initialization rate was specified, the value is `null`.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** volumeType **   
The volume type.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `standard | io1 | io2 | gp2 | sc1 | st1 | gp3`   
Required: No

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/Volume) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/Volume) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/Volume)