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Examples: [[Amazon_Elastic_File_System|Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)]]
Examples: [[Amazon_Elastic_File_System_Concepts#Overview|Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)]].


==Block Storage==
==Block Storage==

Revision as of 23:42, 14 June 2020

Internal

Storage Paradigms

Filesystem Storage

Also referred to as file storage.

Linux File Systems

Examples: Amazon Elastic File System (EFS).

Block Storage

Block Device

A block device is a storage device that moves data in sequences of bytes or bits (blocks). These devices provide random access to fixes-size blocks of data and generally use buffered I/O. Examples include hard disks, CD-ROM drives, and flash drives. A block device can be physically attached to a computer or accessed remotely as if it were physically attached to the computer.

Examples: Amazon Elastic Block Store (ESB) volumes.

Object Storage

Object storage blobs.

Examples: Amazon S3 service.