Discover high-performance block storage with Amazon EBS

Explore how Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides scalable block storage for Amazon EC2 by examining volume types, technical specifications, pricing, monitoring, AWS integrations, and snapshot capabilities that support high-performance and resilient workloads.

Apply Amazon EBS to resilient cloud workloads

Discover how Amazon EBS supports reliable cloud applications through volume management, snapshot strategies, monitoring techniques, and storage options that enable scalable, cost-effective, and resilient workloads.

You’ll access learning content and practical activities online through Amazon Web Services (AWS), alongside your FutureLearn course experience, giving you direct access to AWS learning as you progress.

Syllabus

Week 1
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Primer
- Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Primer
  In this activity, you will explore Amazon EBS features, compare volume types, and understand pricing structures. Learn to implement, monitor, and back up volumes using automated snapshots to maintain high-performance workloads.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Explain Amazon EBS features and benefits.
Discuss common and practical use cases for Amazon EBS.
Differentiate between Amazon EBS volume types.
Describe the key Amazon EBS technical options and specifications.
Outline the Amazon EBS pricing structure.
Summarize the relationship between Amazon EBS and other Amazon Web Services (AWS) services.
Explain how to monitor Amazon EBS volumes.
Implement and manage Amazon EBS volumes and snapshots.

Who is the course for?

This course is ideal for cloud architects, storage architects, developers and operations engineers

Who developed the course?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is the world’s most comprehensive cloud, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and scale more efficiently.

What's included?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

Unlimited access to this course

Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes

A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible

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