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Phase 5 · Storage Services

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Block Storage (EBS)

Part of the Cloud Computing Roadmap.

Summary

Storage that attaches to a single VM like a traditional hard drive, offering low-latency, high-performance access — used for a VM's operating system disk and any application requiring fast, direct storage access.

How to Learn This

  • 1Attach a block storage volume to a VM and format/mount it.
  • 2Learn the difference between block storage's single-VM attachment and object storage's broad accessibility.
  • 3Understand why databases typically use block storage rather than object storage directly.

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Object Storage (S3, Cloud Storage, Blob Storage)File Storage (EFS)Storage Classes & Lifecycle PoliciesData Backup StrategiesData Archival (Glacier)Storage Security & EncryptionCDN Integration With StorageStorage Cost Optimization
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