AWS ले विभिन्न आवश्यकताहरूको लागि धेरै भण्डारण प्रकार प्रदान गर्दछ — S3 (object storage), EBS (block storage / EC2 को लागि डिस्क), र EFS (साझा फाइल भण्डारण)। तिनीहरूको भिन्नताहरू र उपयोग गरिने क्षेत्रहरू बुझ्नु प्रत्येक workload को लागि सही भण्डारण छनोट गर्न मद्दत गर्दछ।
तीन मुख्य भण्डारण प्रकार
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.
