<ul><li>EBS (Elastic Block Storage) is a network drive that can be attached to an instance on AWS.</li><li>EBS Volumes persist data and can be attached/detached from an instance as required.</li><li>Snapshots are point-in-time copies of data and can be used for disaster recovery, migration & backups.</li><li>EBS Snapshots Archive stores EBS backups in a cost-effective manner while retaining important data.</li><li>Fast Snapshot Restore (FSR) allows quick restoration of EBS Volumes from Snapshots in critical scenarios.</li><li>EBS Volumes come in 6 types categorized by size, throughput & IOPS with varying costs and performance.</li><li>General Purpose SSD (gp2/gp3) offers cost-effective storage with low-latency and burstable IOPS.</li><li>Provisioned IOPS (PIOPS) SSD is for critical business applications that need a lot of IOPS.</li><li>Hard Disk Drives (HDD) volumes are used for infrequently accessed data with throughput up to 500MB/s and IOPS 250.</li><li>EBS Volumes are locked to a specific Availability Zone (AZ) and can only be attached to instances within the same AZ.</li></ul>

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