Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
Explore the fundamentals of Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) in this lesson. Understand how EBS offers persistent block-level storage for EC2 instances, covers different volume types for various workloads, and explains RAID configurations to enhance performance and fault tolerance. Gain knowledge on EBS use cases and how it compares to S3 for reliable storage solutions within AWS.
What is Elastic Block Storage (EBS)?
EBS allows you to create persistent block-level storage volumes and attach them to EC2 instances. Once attached you can create a file system on top of these volumes, run a database.
EBS is placed in a specific Availability zone where they are automatically replicated to protect you from the failure of a single component. You can also set up snapshots of your EBS to be durably stored in S3.
EBS use cases
Following are the use cases of EBS:
- OS - Used for Boot/Root Volume, secondary Volumes.
- Databases – Scales with your performance needs.
- Enterprise applications –