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Amazon Elastic Block Store

30 GB of storage for 12 months with the AWS Free Tier

Amazon Elastic Block Store

Easy to use, high performance block storage at any scale

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What is Amazon EBS?

Amazon EBS allows you to create storage volumes and attach them to Amazon EC2 instances. Once attached, you can create a file system on top of these volumes, run a database, or use them just like you would use block storage. Amazon EBS volumes are placed in a specific Availability Zone, where they are automatically replicated to protect from the failure of a single component. All EBS volume types offer durable snapshot capabilities and are designed for high availability. 

Benefits of Amazon EBS

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