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What Are EBS Volume Types?
Various cloud requirements demand various disk sizes. EBS volume categories fill the need of various cloud use cases. You compute their efficiency in Input-Output operation per second (IOPS.)
EBS Volume | Recommended Use-Case |
General Purpose SSD | Cloud users can utilize them when booting their systems, creating virtual machines, and storing medium-size databases. It’s a good cloud space for development and testing operations. |
Provisioned IOPS SSD | Since the General Purpose SSD can’t perform beyond 3,000 IOPS, Provisioned IOPS SSD performs up to 10,000 IOPS per volume. As a result, this EBS volume can sustain important cloud operations without disruptions. It can store large amounts of databases. |
Magnetic Storage volume | Use the magnetic storage volume for passive operations. Keep all nonessential workloads in magnetic storage. The average performance is 100 IOPS per volume. |
Benefits of EBS Volumes Over Other Storage Alternatives
- Flexibility in Performance: Because of various kinds of EBS volumes, it’s possible to customize them to meet the use case of every user. A magnetic volume can store applications accessed occasionally. As a result, cloud users don’t have to pay for a high-performance volume when they need temporary storage. Each EBS volume has a specific use case.
- Backs Up Data Faster: Local backup processes often slow down the speed of your infrastructure. With EBS volumes, however, there’s no local computer involved. As a result, backup operations can go on without slowing down other applications. Zipping large back files is also faster with EBS volumes.
- EBS Volumes Are Secure: For reliability, EBS volumes replicate within the same AWS zone. This ensures the volumes are available when needed. The encryption of all cloud volumes and backup processes adds an extra layer of security within the cloud. Users can also define access policies for each EBS volume.
- Reliability: Users can rely on EBS volumes for important operations. EBS volumes have high-performance features to help execute cloud operations, whether migrating sensitive data or keeping vast databases.
- Scalability: In an on-premises environment, scaling involves buying external hard disks after the internal ones deplete. As a result, there’s less efficiency and poor file management. But you can scale EBS volumes while maintaining the performance of original applications.
EBS Optimization with nOps
EBS costs often slip through the cracks — idle volumes, oversized storage, and forgotten snapshots quickly drive up your bill. nOps gives you direct visibility into all EBS volumes across your environment, making it easy to spot waste and take action. Instead of digging through manual reports or writing custom scripts, you can right-size, clean up, and optimize storage in a few clicks.
Beyond EBS, nOps provides full visibility into your entire cloud spend, helping you identify savings opportunities across compute, storage, databases, networking, and more — all from a single platform built for action, not just reporting.
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