Let’s be clear from the beginning, comparing those two can be seen like comparing apples to oranges. Even though both are Redis API compatible, they support different usage patterns. Amazon ElastiCache for Redis Amazon ElastiCache for Redis is a manged version of Redis – in-memory data store used mainly for caching. It can be placed …
Amazon Elastic File System provides scalable, persistent file storage for use with EC2. One of the main difference between EBS and EFS is that EFS can be used by multiple EC2 instances at the same time (1 to 1000 from different AZ). It is accessible to operating system by Network File System version 4 protocol …
Continuing Amazon’s storage services overviews, it is time to take a closer look at Elastic Block Store (EBS). It is one of the options for EC2 instances for storage. As the name suggests, it provides block level storage volume and it is visible in OS as a raw, unformatted disk. EBS volumes are created in …
It is time for my last, long-overdue post in AWS on the road series. Short summary: almost 4 weeks on the road, 10 countries, 3700 km and 8 posts. I wrote a bit less than I planned, but it is not over yet, AWS services will appear on my blog from time to time. Glacier Glacier …