AWS Block Storage Services Getting Started

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Storage provides you with the services that you need to build the storage solution that’s right for your organization. Block storage services are one of the three primary types of storage in the AWS Storage portfolio. You will discover a range of block storage service options available for you to choose from to meet your organization’s requirements.

AWS block storage services include Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) and Amazon Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance stores. In addition, block storage volumes are an available option with the Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP service offering. You can select from these different service offerings, apply them to your organization’s needs, and determine the possible paths to take to arrive at the best storage solution.

Before you choose an AWS Storage solution, AWS recommends that you first assess what storage characteristics are appropriate for your applications and business. After familiarizing yourself with AWS Storage, you can then compare your requirements to the available AWS Storage services and select the solution that meets your needs.

In this course, you are introduced to Amazon EBS and instance stores as configuration options on native AWS services. You are provided with guidance on when instance stores can be appropriate for your use case. In addition, you are provided a high-level overview of block storage on FSx for ONTAP.

• Course level: Fundamental
• Duration: 35 minutes

Activities

This course includes: Online materials, demonstrations, and knowledge check questions.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Describe the Amazon EBS block storage service.
• Discuss available Amazon EBS volume types.
• Differentiate performance for available EBS volume types.
• Identify appropriate uses for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance stores.
• Identify appropriate uses for FSx for ONTAP block volumes.
• Discuss retention options for EBS volumes.

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Storage architects
• Business Managers
• Data engineers
• IT Managers
• Storage developers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Completed course titled – AWS Storage Services - Portfolio Introduction
• Recommend AWS Cloud Practitioner

Course outline

Section 1: Overview

• Lesson 1: How to Use This Course
• Lesson 2: Course Overview

Section 2: Block Storage Overview

• Lesson 3: Introduction to AWS Block Storage Options

Section 3: Amazon EC2 Instance Stores

• Lesson 4: Introduction to Amazon EC2 Instance Stores

Section 4: Amazon EBS

• Lesson 5: Introduction to Amazon EBS
• Lesson 6: Amazon EBS Features
• Lesson 7: Amazon EBS Architecture and Use Cases
• Lesson 8: Demonstration
• Lesson 9: Knowledge Check Questions

Section 5: Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Block Storage

• Lesson 10: Introduction to Block Storage on FSx for ONTAP

Section 6: Additional Resources and Feedback

• Lesson 11: Additional Resources
• Lesson 12: Contact Us