Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Suitable when

When you need the flexibility to scale block storage quickly and easily.
When you need a secure, reliable and scalable storage for your applications

Unsuitable when
The data is needed to be accessed from multiple regions
When the application requires high throughput, low latency or frequent data access.

It was originally was terrible for database storage. If you used it before 2020 then you may be left with a bad experience, as the IOPS were not configurable and were low. Databases could come to a halt from a simple query. Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes make up for that shortfall by having flexible IOPS. You can even temporarily upgrade / downgrade the IOPS on the fly! The older style EBS volume that is not good for database or high performance applications. It can be rate limited during heavy processing and you will have to wait and wait until processing is finished.

If you need to run ultimate, high scale application for frequently updated data with permanent recovery point update - use block storage especially if you are core Java, MSFT Net developer. It has faster input/output capabilities and rapid access, but limited only for current instance nor any external server call. It will not fit your demand for building in depth analytical system, cause missing build in data schema, and using separate data base for mapping metadata could slow and limit access. Since of 2000-th Elastic is more then classics, so is a choise of your architectore if it suit your business objective. There is no field for failure, so choose type block or object before you have started implementation. Works good for data warehousing of missiong critical parts of ERP and decision making apps.

It provides the optimized storage performance and cost for your workload and these options really work with SSD-backed storage and it improves the database performance. Keeping backups of your EC2 resources, including EBS volumes is a little bit tricky and its takes some more time and increase through put is also a tiring job to do.

EBS is well-suited for use as a storage option for databases, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, and big data analytics databases. EBS can provide high IOPS (Input/Output Operations per Second) and low latency. EBS provides a high-availability storage solution, which ensures that your data is always available and accessible even in case of a single or multiple availability zone failures. EBS can also be replicated across multiple availability zones to ensure data durability. The scenario where I find it less appropriate is in terms of cost; EBS can be more expensive than other storage options, such as Amazon S3, especially for large amounts of data or for infrequently accessed data.

It is enterprise architecture ready. Easily configurable and available on demand with differential pricing as per volume, size requirement. Its easy to manage, attach/de-attach and re-attach without any dataloss. Can be used for backups, hosting own database storage etc.

Amazon Elastic Block Store is appropriate for servers that have high IOPS requirements. Things like databases. Although you may be better off using an RDS database instance in many cases as opposed to building your own database servers. Amazon Elastic Block Store volumes can be useful for any high traffic server where the standard storage volumes aren’t keeping up with throughput requirements. Possibly file servers.

It is well-suited for below uses:
1. Data Persistence
2. Backup and restore
3. DR testing
4. Disaster Recovery

It is less appropriate for below:
1. Multiple region or AZ developments
2. Big data
3. Data archiving

EBS has the ability to make data is efficiently saved, and it is treated with care. Zone availability is one of the most intriguing characteristics. When an instance is terminated, no data is lost. The starting time has been reduced. You can pause and resume the instance at any time. It is possible that utilizing an EBS AMI is more expensive than using a non-EBS AMI.

In this EBS the data is saved successfully and facts are processed with caution. One of the maximum thrilling functions is quarter availability. No facts are misplaced whilst the example is terminated. The startup time is shortened. You can prevent and begin the example. Using an EBS AMI may be greater expensive than the usage of a non-EBS AMI.

Data is handled with caution, and information is managed effectively. One of the most exciting aspects is the availability of zones. If the instance is terminated, your data will not be lost. It's simple to add more storage, remove storage, or switch between storage speeds.

Data is treated with care and information is kept efficiently. Adding extra storage, removing storage, or moving between storage speeds is easy. The availability of zones is one of the most intriguing elements. Your data will not be lost if the instance is terminated. Stopping and starting instances is possible. It has excellent uptime.

Data is stored efficiently and data is processed with caution. One of the most interesting features is zone availability. No data is lost when the instance is terminated. The startup time is shortened. You can stop and start the instance. Using an EBS AMI can be more costly than using a non-EBS AMI.

Information is stored efficiently and data is handled with care. One of the most interesting features is the availability of zones. If the instance is terminated, your data will not be lost. Boot time is reduced. Instances can be stopped and started. It may be more expensive to use an EBS AMI than to use a non-EBS AMI.

Information is efficiently stored, and data is carefully handled. Zone availability is one of the nicest features. If the instance is terminated, your data is not lost. Bootup time is reduced. Instances can be stopped and started. It is possible that utilizing EBS AMIs is more expensive than using non-EBS AMIs.

Amazon EBS is really a no brainier if you are already using other AWS resources. It's very simple to provision more storage, take storage away, or switch between storage speeds. If you are not already using AWS then it would be cheaper to go with another provider. The uptime has been really good with AWS

It is very suitable for mission-critical applications and high-performance workloads because it is SSD-based storage, so it has the best performance.

EBS provides both SSD as well as HDD-based block storage. EBS volumes can be scaled with ease as well. So imagine scaling up your EC2 instances when a lot of traffic comes in but need to store that high traffic of data somewhere for the instances to process. That's where the ease of scalability of the EBS helps.

EBS proved quite beneficial in terms of keeping the data persistent especially in cases where you have capping in terms of storage on EC2 instance, one EBS can be connected to multiple EC2 instances which can act as an external hard drive important data can be pushed into it. These EBS blocks can be deployed into different availability zone so that in case one of the availability zones goes down others will be available to cater to the request.

Amazon Elastic Block storage is a great tool to augment your existing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and allows you a good way to add, move and adjust storage. It is great also for a back up solution for your virtual resources that are in the cloud to be used in cases of disaster recovery.