- EBS is a network drive, that attached to entities
- Allows to persist data, even after termination of the entity
- Can be mounted to one instance at a time
- Bound to a one AZ
EBS Snapshots
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Make backup of the volume
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Not necessary to detach while snapshot, but recommended
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Copy across AZ or region
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Snapshot Archive - cheaper, takes time to restore
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Recycle Bin - Accidental deletion recover, specified retention
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Fast Snapshot Restore - No latency on first use, costly
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HDD series can not be used as boot volumes
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Only “io” which is high IOPS storage can be attached to multiple EC2 instances