How EBS volume can be increased and decreased?

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To increase the size of an Amazon EBS volume, you can follow these steps:Modify the volume: Use the Amazon EC2 console to modify the volume size. You can increase the size by entering a new value for Size in the Modify volume screenExtend the file system: If you have increased the size of your volume, you must also extend the volume's partition to make use of the additional storage capacity.Use application-level tools: For a non-root volume, detach the volume from the instance, apply the modifications, and then re-attach the volume. For a root volume, stop the instance, apply the modifications, and then restart the instanceTo decrease the size of an Amazon EBS volume, you can only create a smaller volume and then migrate your data to it using an application-level tool such as rsync (Linux instances) or robocopy (Windows instances).

How EBS volume can be increased and decreased?

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