EC2 - Instance Store

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.

  • Backups and Replication are your responsibility.

Instance Store IOPS

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