AWS EBS snapshot size

Question

I am using DLM service for EBS snapshot. How i can see the size of my snapshot. I use 
aws ec2 describe-snapshots --snapshot-ids YOUR_SNAPSHOT_ID
It shows volume size but its not showing differential or incremental data size.
Very important for cost management.

Raise · Answer

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dsilvajd · Answer

You can use EBS direct API [ListSnapshotBlocks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/readsnapshots.html#list-blocks) to find the size of a full snapshot and [ListChangedBlocks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/readsnapshots.html#list-different-blocks) to find the changed blocks of an incremental snapshot, which is the size of incremental snapshot. Amazon EBS direct APIs are charged per request and pricing information can be found in [Amazon EBS pricing page](https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/).

To make the task easier, you can use our automation [flexible-snapshot-proxy](https://github.com/awslabs/flexible-snapshot-proxy).

[Installation and Configuration](https://github.com/awslabs/flexible-snapshot-proxy/blob/main/README.md)

[Sample usage](https://github.com/awslabs/flexible-snapshot-proxy/blob/main/Scenarios.md#determine-the-size-of-snapshots-and-deltas-and-estimate-savings-from-deleting-old-snapshots).

![Examples](/media/postImages/original/IMcCeiwosTTBqS4AsN0YA-eg)

hyp · Answer

hi,  
In the DLM dashboard, you can click on "Snapshots" in the left-hand navigation pane.  
To view the size of a specific snapshot, click on the snapshot's name to open its details page, you can find the size of the snapshot under the "Size" column.  
Or please refer the below.

[1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/ebs-describing-snapshots.html  
[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/readsnapshots.html

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