alt Hacker NewsBut why was EBS chosen instead of NVMe, which is faster? Since I only know how to use cloud programming and don’t understand the internal implementation, I don’t really get why it works out this way. Is it because of ease of backup? Or data movement?
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rtp4me • today at 11:24 AM
The ability to scale up the DB disk size and select the right performance level... Especially when starting out, you may have no idea how much space or performance you need. EBS volumes help make that decision easier and more cost efficient.
When the host dies with local storage, the VM is dead. With EBS it's not, since it simply can be booted up on another host. EBS is also replicated accross multiple hosts.