amazon-ebs
Add EBS to Ubuntu EC2 Instance
Since this is a new volume, you need to format the EBS volume (block device) with a file system between step 1 and step 2. So the entire process with your sample mount point is: Create EBS volume. Attach EBS volume to /dev/sdf (EC2’s external name for this particular device number). Format file system /dev/xvdf … Read more
Growing Amazon EBS Volume sizes [closed]
You can grow the storage, but it can’t be done on the fly. You’ll need to take a snapshot of the current block, add a new, larger block and re-attach your snapshot. There’s a simple walkthrough here based on using Amazon’s EC2 command line tools
What data is stored in Ephemeral Storage of Amazon EC2 instance?
Basically, root volume (your entire virtual system disk) is ephemeral, but only if you choose to create AMI backed by Amazon EC2 instance store. If you choose to create AMI backed by EBS then your root volume is backed by EBS and everything you have on your root volume will be saved between reboots. If … Read more
AWS EFS vs EBS vs S3 (differences & when to use?) [closed]
One word answer: MONEY 😀 1 GB to store in US-East-1: (Updated at 2016.dec.20) Glacier: $0.004/Month (Note: Major price cut in 2016) S3: $0.023/Month S3-IA (announced in 2015.09): $0.0125/Month (+$0.01/gig retrieval charge) EBS: $0.045-0.1/Month (depends on speed – SSD or not) + IOPS costs EFS: $0.3/Month Further storage options, which may be used for temporary … Read more
Benefits of EBS vs. instance-store (and vice-versa) [closed]
The bottom line is you should almost always use EBS backed instances. Here’s why EBS backed instances can be set so that they cannot be (accidentally) terminated through the API. EBS backed instances can be stopped when you’re not using them and resumed when you need them again (like pausing a Virtual PC), at least … Read more