Amazon MQ now supports configurable storage for RabbitMQ brokers

Amazon MQ ยท 2026-07-15

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Technical Details

Affected Versions 4.2 or later
Regions all commercial AWS Regions
Cost Impact Neutral
IaC Impact High

What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your RabbitMQ broker configurations to utilize the new configurable storage feature, allowing you to define custom storage sizes in 5 GB increments, which can be specified via AWS Console, CloudFormation, CLI, or CDK, resulting in reduced toil and better resource management.

For Platform Teams

Adopt the configurable storage feature for RabbitMQ brokers to enhance platform flexibility, allowing for independent scaling of storage and compute resources, which simplifies architecture and reduces operational toil.

For Executives

Evaluate the new configurable storage for RabbitMQ brokers to optimize resource allocation and reduce costs by right-sizing storage independently of instance size, leading to measurable cost savings and improved operational efficiency.

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