Quotas and limits

This document lists the quotas and limits that apply to Blockchain Node Engine.

Google Cloud uses quotas to help ensure fairness and reduce spikes in resource use and availability. A quota restricts how much of a Google Cloud resource your Google Cloud project can use. Quotas apply to a range of resource types, including hardware, software, and network components. For example, quotas can restrict the number of API calls to a service, the number of load balancers used concurrently by your project, or the number of projects that you can create. Quotas protect the community of Google Cloud users by preventing the overloading of services. Quotas also help you to manage your own Google Cloud resources.

The Cloud Quotas system does the following:

  • Monitors your consumption of Google Cloud products and services
  • Restricts your consumption of those resources
  • Provides a means to request changes to the quota value

In most cases, when you attempt to consume more of a resource than its quota allows, the system blocks access to the resource, and the task that you're trying to perform fails.

Quotas generally apply at the Google Cloud project level. Your use of a resource in one project doesn't affect your available quota in another project. Within a Google Cloud project, quotas are shared across all applications and IP addresses.

There are also limits on Blockchain Node Engine resources. These limits are unrelated to the quota system. Limits cannot be changed unless otherwise stated.

Allocation quotas

The following quotas don't reset over time and instead are released when you release the resource:

Quotas Value
Blockchain nodes per project per location 24
Ethereum archive nodes per project per location 12
Ethereum full nodes per project per location 16
Polygon sentry archive nodes per project per location 12
Polygon sentry full nodes per project per location 16

Request quotas

The following quotas apply to Blockchain Node Engine requests:

Quota Value
Blockchain node API per minute per project 38,400
Control plane API per minute per project 240

Request a quota increase

To increase or decrease most quotas, use the Google Cloud console. For more information, see Request a higher quota.