Storage in AWS
Storage in AWS There are 3 major storage type in AWS : Block storage (Elastic Block Storage - EBS) File storage (Elastic File Storage - EFS) Object storage (S3 bucket) HDD and SSD are the main storage units for all these three. Block storage - HDD and SSD are the devices that uses blocks to store information inside. Blocks are small fragment/cluster of data. Basically AWS provides this so that we can partition and format it easily. They are ideal for applications that require low-latency access to data, such as databases and enterprise applications. File Storage - Is different than block storage, while under the hood it depends on block based storage units, it is connected to internet so that we upload/download files over internet. SSD and/or HDD units are inserted Network Attached Storage Servers so that is how it works. It is ideal for content management systems, web serving, and big data analytics. Object Storage - S3 is unlike the others mentioned above. With the help of RE...