AWS Storage Types : quick overview

Here in this blog post I will be covering the different type of storage offered by AWS (EBS, EFS ,S3 )along with the following key features:

EBS or Elastic Block Storage | BLOCK

EBS is the block storage offered by AWS. It is a simple to use, scalable and high-performance block storage that is easy to set up and run. Just like in traditional block storages data is also organized into block. On EBS software can be installed and each EBS need to be attached to an EC2 instance. Suitable for servers, databases, and applications that requires low latency like Java or PHP

Good for

• Low latency access to data
• Boot/Data volumes for EC2
• For relational and non-relational
• Data Warehouse for ETL
• For SAP ERP, Oracle ERP, Microsoft SharePoint,
• MySQL, MongoDB

S3 or Simple Storage Service | OBJECT

S3 amazon version of Object storage. It is has a flat hierarchy and all the objects are at the same level. In S3 objects are stored in a bucket and are accessible from anywhere over API calls. Objects can be photos, videos or documents and are identifiable by a unique key. S3 are affordable and don't need to be attached to an EC2 instance. No software can be installed on it and its primary usage is for storage and archival

Good for

• Unlimited Space
• Log files
• Backup and Archives
• Content management
• Version Control system

EFS/FSx or Elastic File System : FILE

EFS or Amazon file system is the amazon version of file storage that can be set for uses with AWS services as well as on premise resources. It is a cloud bases file storage It has a hierarchical file structure. Just like most of AWS's services, EFS is highly scalable and easy to set up. On EFS software can be installed but IS can't.

Good for

• Shared access to file
• Web Serving
• Big Data and Analytics
• Users Home Directory
• Container storage