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Amazon EBS

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides persistent block storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. EBS volumes are highly available and reliable storage volumes that can be attached to any running instance in the same Availability Zone, offering consistent and low-latency performance for workloads that require persistent storage.

1 APIs 1 Capabilities 6 Features
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APIs

Amazon EBS API

API for managing Amazon EBS volumes, snapshots, and related resources through the EC2 API.

Capabilities

Amazon EBS Block Storage Management

Unified capability for managing EBS volumes, snapshots, and encryption for cloud storage administrators.

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Features

Multiple Volume Types

Choose from gp3, gp2, io2, io1, st1, sc1, and io2 Block Express volumes optimized for different workloads.

EBS Snapshots

Point-in-time backups stored in Amazon S3 for disaster recovery, migration, and data sharing.

Encryption

AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit using AWS KMS customer-managed or AWS-managed keys.

Elastic Volumes

Dynamically modify volume size, performance, and type without detaching from instances.

Data Lifecycle Manager

Automate snapshot creation, retention, deletion, and cross-account sharing with policy-based management.

Multi-Attach

Attach a single io2 volume to up to 16 EC2 instances simultaneously for high availability.

Use Cases

Relational Databases

High-performance persistent storage for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server databases.

NoSQL Databases

Low-latency block storage for MongoDB, Cassandra, and other NoSQL workloads.

Enterprise Applications

SAN workload migration for I/O-intensive SAP, Oracle, and other enterprise applications.

Big Data Analytics

Resizable storage for Hadoop, Spark, and other big data cluster deployments.

Boot Volumes

OS and application boot volumes for all EC2 instance types.

Integrations

Amazon EC2

Attach EBS volumes to EC2 instances in the same Availability Zone for persistent storage.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

Automate snapshot management and cross-account data sharing policies.

AWS Backup

Centralized backup management for EBS volumes with configurable retention and compliance.

AWS Key Management Service

Manage encryption keys for EBS volumes and snapshots.

Amazon CloudWatch

Monitor EBS volume performance metrics including IOPS, throughput, and latency.

Semantic Vocabularies

Amazon Ebs Context

3 classes · 24 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

Amazon EBS API Rules

28 rules · 11 errors 13 warnings 4 info

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