This topic describes the limits on the basic resources of Log Service.

ItemLimitAdjustable
ProjectYou can create a maximum of 50 projects for an Alibaba Cloud account. To increase the quota, submit a ticket.
LogstoreYou can create a maximum of 200 Logstores for a project. To increase the quota, submit a ticket.
Shard
  • You can create a maximum of 400 shards for a project.
  • When you create a Logstore by using the console, you can create a maximum of 10 shards in the Logstore. When you create a Logstore by calling the API, you can create a maximum of 100 shards in the Logstore. You can split shards to increase the number of shards by using one of the preceding two methods.
To increase the quota, submit a ticket.
Logtail configurationYou can create a maximum of 200 Logtail configurations for a project. To increase the quota, submit a ticket.
Log retention periodYou can permanently retain logs.

You can also specify a log retention period. Unit: days. Valid values: 1 to 3000.

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Machine groupYou can create a maximum of 200 machine groups for a project. To increase the quota, submit a ticket.
Consumer groupYou can create a maximum of 30 consumer groups for a Logstore. You can delete consumer groups that are no longer used.
Saved searchYou can create a maximum of 100 saved searches for a project. N/A
Dashboard
  • You can create a maximum of 100 dashboards for a project.
  • You can add a maximum of 200 charts to a dashboard.
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LogItem
  • The maximum size of a log entry that is collected by calling the API is 10 MB.
  • The maximum size of a log entry that is collected by using Logtail is 512 KB.
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Field name (key)The maximum size of a field name (key) is 128 bytes. N/A
Field value (value)The maximum size of a field value (value) is 1 MB. N/A
Log groupThe maximum size of a log group is 5 MB. N/A
AlertYou can create a maximum of 100 alerts for a project. To increase the quota, submit a ticket.