Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
About Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) allows users to create storage volumes and attach them to Amazon EC2 instances. Once attached, a file system can be created on top of these volumes, a database can be run, or they can be used as block storage. EBS volumes are placed in a specific Availability Zone, where they are automatically replicated to protect from the failure of a single component. All EBS volume types offer durable snapshot capabilities and are designed for high availability. EBS Snapshots protect block storage data in the cloud as well as on-premises block data.
Products
- io2 Block Express: A volume type offering 99.999% durability.
Used for
- Migrating mid-range, on-premises storage area network (SAN) workloads to the cloud.
- Resizing clusters for big data analytics engines such as Hadoop and Spark.
- Attaching high-performance and high-availability block storage for mission-critical applications.
- Encrypting block storage resources without building or maintaining separate key management infrastructure.
Who it is for
- Used for mission-critical applications such as SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft products.
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