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Level 4: Reliability, security & cloud · L4.6 AWS architecture decisions (SAA-C03)

Choosing AWS storage: block, file, object and hybrid

Pick EBS volume types, instance store, EFS, FSx, S3 storage classes with lifecycle rules, and hybrid transfer services from access pattern, sharing and cost.

13 min · Pro

What you take away

  • EBS is a network disk in one Availability Zone for one instance; gp3 sells IOPS and throughput separately from size, and instance store is fastest but lost on stop.

And 3 more inside the class, in Pro.

How the class is laid out

  1. The problem
  2. The simple version
  3. Block: a disk for one machine
  4. File: one tree, many machines
  5. Object: S3 classes are a price-for-patience trade
  6. Hybrid: keep writing, or move once
  7. Check your understanding