The per-second quota for management operations (instance create, delete,
update etc.) for Memorystore for Memcached is as follows, and is subject to
change:
Management API Requests Quota
Value
API read requests per 100s
500 (5 QPS)
API write requests per 100s
500 (5 QPS)
This quota is for memcache.googleapis.com requests/operations, not OSS
Memcached protocol/commands. These limits apply to each Google Cloud console
project and are shared across all applications and IP addresses using that
project.
Regional quota increases
To request a higher regional capacity for your project, follow these steps:
Go to the Quotas page in the Google Cloud console.
Quotas
From the Services drop down, select Memorystore for Memcached API.
From the list of quotas, click the checkbox next to your desired quota for
your desired region.
Click the Edit Quotas button.
In the edit pane, enter your contact information, then click Next.
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