{"id":1792,"date":"2019-08-07T07:18:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T07:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.com\/tutorial\/?page_id=1792"},"modified":"2020-05-02T06:48:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T06:48:25","slug":"ebs-volumes-and-iops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/aws-sysops-administrator-associate\/ebs-volumes-and-iops\/","title":{"rendered":"EBS Volumes and IOPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IOPS <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>refer to operations on blocks that are up to 16\nKB in size.<\/li><li>Standard volumes deliver 100 IOPS on average\nsimilar to a single desktop-class 7200 rpm SATA hard drive. <\/li><li>Similar SSD drive can deliver 5,000 to 100,000\nIOPS. <\/li><li>Server-class SSD drives can go much higher.<\/li><li>EBS Provisioned IOPS can deliver a maximum of\n4,000 IOPS<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>EBS Volumes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Amazon EBS volumes provide a durable\nblock-storage option for EC2 instances. <\/li><li>Use EBS for data that requires long-term\npersistence and quick access. <\/li><li>There are two types of block storage: <ul><li>solid-state-drive\n(SSD) storage <\/li><\/ul><ul><li>hard-disk-drive\n(HDD) storage.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>SSD storage is optimized for transactional\nworkloads for high IOPS. 2 SSD volume options <ul><li>EBS\nProvisioned IOPS SSD (io1) \u2013 For latency-sensitive workloads, requiring\nminimum-guaranteed IOPS. Pay separately for provisioned IOPS<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>EBS\nGeneral Purpose SSD (gp2) \u2013For general use. Balance between cost and\nperformance.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>HDD storage for throughput-intensive workloads.\n2 types <ul><li>Throughput\nOptimized HDD (st1) \u2013For frequently accessed, throughput-intensive workloads.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Cold\nHDD (sc1) \u2013 For less frequently accessed, throughput-intensive workloads.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><\/td><td>Solid-State Drives (SSD)<\/td><td>Hard Disk Drives (HDD)<\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Volume Type    <\/td><td>General Purpose SSD (gp2)    <\/td><td>Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1)<\/td><td>Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)<\/td><td>Cold HDD (sc1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Description   <\/td><td>General-purpose SSD volume that balances price and   performance for a wide variety of workloads    <\/td><td>Highest-performance SSD volume for mission-critical   low-latency or high-throughput workloads    <\/td><td>Low-cost HDD volume designed for frequently accessed,   throughput-intensive workloads    <\/td><td>Lowest cost HDD volume designed for less frequently   accessed workloads   <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>API Name   <\/td><td>gp2   <\/td><td>io1   <\/td><td>st1   <\/td><td>sc1   <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Volume Size   <\/td><td>1 GiB &#8211; 16 TiB    <\/td><td>4 GiB &#8211; 16 TiB    <\/td><td>500 GiB &#8211; 16 TiB   <\/td><td>500 GiB &#8211; 16 TiB    <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Max. 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