You want a block storage service created specifically for your EC2 environment for an easy-to-use, easy-to-deploy solution, with top performance in terms of transaction-intensive or throughput jobs.

Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes deliver the first storage area network (SAN) built for the cloud, with up to 256,000 IOPS, 4,000 MB/second throughput, and 64 TB of capacity Next-generation ...

Cloud storage 101: We run the rule over file, block and object storage from the big three public cloud providers: AWS, Azure and GCP. We look at what’s on offer and the use cases they are aimed at.

If you want inspiration for a hyperscale, resilient distributed block storage service, apparently a jellyfish is a good place to start looking for architectural features. That is precisely what Amazon ...

Aug 25, 2024 22:40:00 An insider explains how AWS block storage has evolved Mark Olson, who has been involved in the development of AWS' Elastic Block Store (EBS) for over 10 years, posted a blog ...

This means you'll also be able to attach AWS block storage to these instances, for example. Unsurprisingly, the AWS team is also working on bringing Apple's new M1 Mac minis into its data centers.

File storage: EFS and FSx For file storage, AWS offers EFS in standard, cost-optimised and archive tiers. Standard is based on SSDs with “sub-millisecond latency performance”.

Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec, vice president of storage at AWS, said EBS io2 Block Express illustrates how the company sees the evolution of storage and the cloud. Written by Larry Dignan, Contributor ...

Normally when you create a new virtual machine (VM) instance in EC2 in the AWS cloud, that instance uses Elastic Block Storage (EBS). EBS might best be described as persistent block storage. However, ...

At its annual re:Invent conference, AWS announced four new storage services and capabilities aimed at delivering more choice, reducing costs and helping customers better protect their data. The ...