EBS 101 - Types of EBS storage in AWS EC2

what is EBS?

EBS is the virtual hard disk in the cloud.

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides persistent block Storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS cloud. Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability.

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5 different types of EBS storage:

1. General Purpose(SSD)
2. Provisioned IOPS (SSD)
3. Throughput optimized Hard Disk Drive
4. Cold Hard Disk Drive
5. Magnetic

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