intermediate~2h
EBS vs EFS vs FSx
Block storage for a single instance, shared file storage for many, and specialized file systems for Windows or high-performance computing.
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🎓 Learning objectives
- •Explain the difference between block, file, and object storage
- •Choose between EBS, EFS, and FSx for a given workload
- •Explain EBS volume types and when to use each
- •Explain why EFS supports concurrent access from many instances but EBS generally does not
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