AWS विभिन्न ज़रूरतों के लिए कई storage types प्रदान करता है — S3 (object storage), EBS (block storage / EC2 के लिए disks), और EFS (shared file storage)। उनके अंतर और use cases को समझना प्रत्येक workload के लिए सही storage चुनने में मदद करता है।
तीन मुख्य storage types
S3 (OBJECT storage) → files/objects accessed via API, virtually unlimited, durable:
→ for: files, backups, static assets, data lakes, anything accessed as whole objects
→ NOT a filesystem (no in-place edits; access by key); accessed over HTTP/API
EBS (BLOCK storage) → virtual disks ATTACHED to a single EC2 instance:
→ like a hard drive for an instance (boot volumes, databases, app data)
→ attached to ONE instance at a time (in one AZ); persists independently of the instance
→ for: an instance's filesystem, databases needing low-latency block storage
EFS (FILE storage) → a shared filesystem mountable by MANY instances simultaneously:
→ NFS file system; multiple EC2 instances mount it concurrently (shared access)
→ scales automatically; for: shared files across instances, content management, etc.
