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Day 8 Of Cloud with AWS: AWS EBS gp3 Volume

#100DaysOfCloud challenge using AWS

In today's task:
Create a new EBS volume using the AWS Management Console with the following specifications:
  • Volume Name:ad-volume
  • Volume Type: gp3
  • Volume Size: 2 GiB

Step 1: Open EC2

In AWS Console search bar type:
1
EC2

Step 2: On EC2 dashboard

Search for: Locate Elastic Block Store. Under "Elastic Block Store" find:
1
Volumes

Step 3: Click on Volumes.

  • Select Create Volume.

Step 4: Configure the Volume

Provide the following configuration values:
SettingValue
Volume Typegp3
Size (GiB)2
Availability ZoneChoose the same AZ as your EC2 instance
EncryptionDefault settings

Step 5: Add a Name Tag

Under the Tags section:
  1. Click Add tag.
  2. Enter the following:
KeyValue
Namenautilus-volume
Tags help identify and manage AWS resources efficiently.

Step 6: Create the Volume

  1. Review the configuration.
  2. Click Create Volume.
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Why do we need EBS ?
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) is a block storage service provided by AWS for use with Amazon EC2 instances. An EBS volume acts like a virtual hard disk that can be attached to a running EC2 server.
EBS volumes are primarily used when applications require:
  • Persistent storage
  • Low-latency access
  • High-performance disk operations
  • File system support
  • Operating system installation
  • Database storage
Once attached to an EC2 instance, the volume can be formatted and mounted just like a physical disk in Linux or Windows.
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