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EC2 Instance StoreΒΆ

  • EBS volumes are network drives with good but "limited" performance
  • If you need a high performance hardware disk, use EC2 instance store

  • Better I/O performance
  • EC2 Instance Store lose their storage if they're stopped (ephemeral)
  • Good for buffer / cache / scratch data / temporary content
  • Risk of data loss if hardware fails