EBS Insights | Sumble

What is EBS?

Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) provides block-level storage volumes for use with EC2 instances. EBS volumes are network-attached and persist independently from the life of an EC2 instance. They are commonly used for persistent data storage, as boot volumes for operating systems, and for databases.

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What other technologies are related to EBS?

EBS Competitor Technologies

EFS

Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) provides a fully managed NFS file system for use with AWS compute instances and on-premises servers. It is a competitor to EBS as it offers a different type of storage solution with different performance characteristics.

mentioned alongside EBS in 32% (2.1k) of relevant job posts

AWS S3

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) provides object storage, while EBS provides block storage. They are alternatives for storing data, with S3 being suitable for unstructured data and EBS for data requiring file system access.

mentioned alongside EBS in 4% (8.2k) of relevant job posts

Glacier

Amazon Glacier (now S3 Glacier) is a low-cost archive storage service. While not a direct competitor for active data storage, it serves a similar purpose for archival data that might otherwise be stored on less frequently accessed EBS volumes.

mentioned alongside EBS in 27% (630) of relevant job posts

FSx

Amazon FSx provides fully managed file systems. Depending on the FSx service, it may be a competitor as it provides alternative storage options.

mentioned alongside EBS in 37% (359) of relevant job posts

EBS Complementary Technologies

AWS EC2

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) provides virtual servers in the cloud. EBS volumes are commonly attached to EC2 instances for persistent storage.

mentioned alongside EBS in 5% (8.4k) of relevant job posts

VPC

Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) enables you to launch AWS resources into a virtual network. EC2 instances with attached EBS volumes reside within a VPC.

mentioned alongside EBS in 9% (4k) of relevant job posts

AWS RDS

Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) is a managed database service. EBS volumes are often used as the underlying storage for RDS instances.

mentioned alongside EBS in 4% (4.6k) of relevant job posts