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If you're using AWS and wondering which storage to pick for your EC2 instance, chances are you've come across EBS – short for Elastic Block Store. And then, you hit a wall: gp2? gp3? io2? Cold HDD? It’s like choosing a car when you’re not even sure i...

Project Overview: This project demonstrates how to manage Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes in AWS. You’ll learn key tasks like creating, attaching, and formatting EBS volumes, setting up data storage, and migrating data using EBS snapshots ac...

Step 1: Creating a volume Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the EC2 dashboard. In the left navigation panel, choose Volumes under the Elastic Block Store section. Take note of existing Volumes. Click on Create Volume. Choose the ...

Detach the volume Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the EC2 dashboard. In the left navigation panel, choose Volumes under the Elastic Block Store section. Select the volume you want to detach. Go to Actions -> Detach volume. Clic...

Introduction Amazon EBS lets you create and attach storage volumes to EC2 instances. You can attach multiple EBS volumes to an instance. Once the storage volume is created, you can set up a file system on it. Then, you can run a database, store fi...

Creating a snapshot from volume Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the EC2 dashboard. In the left navigation panel, choose Volumes under the Elastic Block Store section. Select the volume you want to snapshot. Got to Action -> Create...
