ELASTIC BLOCK

STORAGE
 Agenda

01 What Is Ebs in AWS ?

How Elastic Block Storage

02
Works?

03 What Are Ebs Volume Types?

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Basic File System
Physical volume

File System Basics

In simple terms, one

physical volume will Logical volume Logical volume
be divided into multiple
logical volumes C: D:

Directory

File

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What Is AWS Ebs?

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What Is Ebs ?

AWS EBS is like a virtual

hard drive. When we want to
keep some of our data hidden,
we generally store it over the
hard-drive instead of storing it
in a local system.​Similarly,
EBS is put to use in Amazon
Web Services cloud.

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What Is Ebs ?

• Imagine it as a digital storage space

where you can keep your data, instead
of storing it over the virtual server

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Features Of Ebs

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Features Of Ebs

● EBS (Elastic Block Store) is a raw, unformatted block-level

storage service provided by Amazon Web Services
(AWS).

● It offers storage for virtual servers, known as EC2

instances.

● To ensure seamless connectivity, these EC2 instances and

EBS volumes should be located in the same availability
zone or data center.

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Features Of Ebs

If the instance is terminated or no longer in use, you can choose to

keep the volume.

You can then take this volume and link it to a different instance
within the same availability zone.

EBS volumes persist independently from the lifespan of the EC2

instance.

An EBS volume is automatically replicated within an availability zone

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Concepts Of Ebs

● The data is stored in an Amazon S3 bucket in the

backend, and we can't observe the process. You
have the capability to back up the volume in the
form of snapshots.

● Snapshots are used to backup data on EBS

volumes

● All snapshots are incremental backups except

for the first one

● Snapshots are copied to Amazon S3

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Concepts Of Ebs

● With snapshots, your data remains secure, allowing you to continue working on your digital
projects without worries.

● You can go back to any snapshot and continue working from there, much like having multiple
backup copies of your work.

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Snapshot Incremental Backup

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 Snapshot Incremental Backup:

● An incremental backup snapshot is a way of storing

and managing backup copies of your data in a more
efficient manner.

● Initial Full Snapshot is the process begins with a

complete snapshot of your data.

● This snapshot captures the entire state of your files,

folders, or system at that specific point in time.
Snapshot Incremental Backup:

● After the full backup, subsequent backups are

taken periodically, such as daily or hourly.

● This overall supports the low storage cost and

faster backups..

● You're only charged for the additional storage you

used after each snapshot. they don't make you
pay for the entire 30GB again and again.

● This way, you get to save on costs while keeping

your backups up-to-date. So, your bill reflects the
actual data you've added
Snapshot Incremental Backup:

If you extract duplicate volumes, they will contain the data from the 3rd
snapshot, followed by the 2nd and 1st snapshots

Snapshot Copy
Copy snapshot to a different region Instance

Snapshot

EBS

Snapshot Copy Create

us-east-1 us-east-1 us-west-2

Encrypt during copying

Encrypted
Copy and
Encrypt
Different Volume Types in Amazon Elastic Block Store (Ebs)

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Volume Types

• Volume types in Amazon Elastic Block

Store (EBS) refer to different kinds of
virtual storage that you can attach to
your virtual machines (EC2 instances)
on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Each volume type has its own

characteristics, like performance,
speed, and cost, which make them
suitable for specific use cases.

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(GP): General Purpose SSD

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(GP): General Purpose SSD

● It manages small to medium-sized databases, creating development or test

environments, or serving as your boot drive for your operating system it is
designed for balanced performance and cost.

● Offers baseline performance with the ability to burst to higher levels for short
periods.

● Baseline performance is 3 IOPS/GB with a min. of 100 IOPS and a max. of 10000
IOPS

● Max. burst performance is 3000 IOPS

● Max. throughput per volume is 160 MB/s (16 KB IO size)

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(IO1): Provisioned Iops SSD

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(IO1): Provisioned Iops SSD

● It's a super-fast Storage drive made for those times

when speed really matters.

● You can customize really fast when you need to, or

slow it down for everyday task

● if you’ re running high power data like important

databases, critical applications and apps that must
be fast all the time

● From 100 to 32000 IOPS can be provisioned

● Max. throughput per volume is 500 MB/s

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(ST1): Throughput Optimized HDD

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(ST1): Throughput Optimized HDD

● It’s a hard drive designed to move data really, really fast.

● It's perfect for big data tasks and when you need things to flow
smoothly.

● This ST1 HDD is your go-to-go choice for jobs like streaming data,
managing big data sets, and handling logs.

● Baseline performance is 40 MB/s per TB with a max. of 500 MB/s

per volume

● Burst performance is 250 MB/s per TB with a max. of 500 MB/s

per volume
(SC 1): Cold HDD

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 (SC 1): Cold HDD

● SC1 HDD is a hard drive designed for your data that doesn’t get a
lot of actions.

● Like it’s a place where you store data or pictures you don’t need
every day.

● This SC1 HDD is a perfect for data that’s not used often like old files
and backups. It offers low-cost storage for data that is accessed
infrequently

● Baseline performance is 12 MB/s per TB with a max. of 192 MB/s

per volume
● Burst performance is 80 MB/s per TB with a max. of 250 MB/s per
volume.
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