Storage / Volumes

Lesson in the AWS Roadmap for Beginners · Stage 2: EC2

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Storage / Volumes?

In AWS, an Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is the storage volume used by EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances. It is designed for data durability, and Amazon EBS volumes automatically replicate within their Availability Zone to prevent data loss due to failure of any individual component. EBS volumes are attached to an EC2 instance, and appear as a network drive that you can mount and format using the file system of your choice. You can use Amazon EBS as the primary storage for data that requires frequent updates, such as a system drive for an instance or storage for a database application.

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Can I learn Storage / Volumes in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Storage / Volumes in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Storage / Volumes tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 12 of 101 in the free AWS roadmap, in stage 2, EC2. If you are new to AWS, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.