!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([EBS]) is a [Amazon Web Service] that provides persistent [Block storage] [device] for use with [Amazon] [EC2] instances in the [AWS] [Cloud]. 


[{$pagename}], once attached to an [AWS Elastic Cloud Compute] ([EC2]) instance, a [File System] can be created on top of the [Block storage]
!! [{$pagename}] can be 
* General Purpose [SSD] 
* Provisioned IOPS [SSD] - I/O intensive [Applications] with 10,000 IOPS such as [Relational Database Management System] and [NoSQL]
* [Mechanical Disk]
** Magnetic Standard can have a [Boot Loader]
** ST1 is a throughput optimized HDD which can not have a [Boot Loader]
** SC1 Cold HDD - [Cold Storage] HDD which can not have a [Boot Loader]
* [Encrypted] at no cost (but NOT by default)
* Shared

Each [EBS] volume is automatically replicated within its [Cloud Zone] to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability. Amazon [EBS] volumes offer the consistent and low-latency performance needed to run your workloads. With Amazon [EBS], you can scale your usage up or down within minutes – all while paying a low price for only what you provision.

!! Category
%%category [Amazon Web Services]%%

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Amazon_Elastic_Block_Store|Wikipedia:Amazon_Elastic_Block_Store|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-07-02