EBS
Technology & Computing abbreviation · Cloud Computing
| Stands for | Elastic Block Store |
|---|---|
| Categories | Technology & Computing |
EBS stands for Elastic Block Store, a cloud computing abbreviation.
Persistent block storage for EC2 instances, providing virtual disks called volumes that survive instance restarts and can be backed up with snapshots.
Example: Increase the EBS volume to 500 GB and switch it to gp3 for better baseline throughput.
Usage notes
Launched in 2008. Volume types range from general-purpose SSD (gp2, gp3) to provisioned-IOPS SSD and cheaper hard-disk options. Each volume lives in one availability zone, so snapshots stored in S3 are used for backups and for moving data. Comparable services include Azure Managed Disks and Google Persistent Disk.
Related abbreviations
More cloud computing abbreviations
- CNCF – Cloud Native Computing Foundation
- CSP – Cloud service provider
- DaaS – Desktop as a service
- DBaaS – Database as a service
- DevOps – Development and operations
- DR – Disaster recovery
- EC2 – Elastic Compute Cloud
- ECS – Elastic Container Service
- EFS – Elastic File System
- EKS – Elastic Kubernetes Service
- ELB – Elastic Load Balancing
- FaaS – Function as a service