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Amazon EBS: High-performance block-storage in AWS

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COURSE
Beginner
Duration: 11 minutes and 4 seconds
Introduction to Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
This short lesson will introduce you to the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) service.
HANDS-ON LAB
Beginner
Duration: Up to 45 minutes
Expanding EBS Volumes on Linux Instances
Learn to increase the storage space of an existing EBS volume without losing the data on the volume in this hands-on lab on expanding EBS Volumes on Linux Instances.
HANDS-ON LAB
Beginner
Duration: Up to 45 minutes
Expanding EBS Volumes on Windows Instances
You can increase the storage space of an existing EBS volume without losing the data on the volume. To do this, you migrate your data to a larger volume and then extend the file system on the volume to recognize the newly-available space. After you verify that your new volume is working properly, you can delete the old volume.Are you ready to get started? 
HANDS-ON LAB
Beginner
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Managing Instance Volumes Using EBS
EC2 instances can use multiple storage volumes, learn how to add and manage them using EBS.
COURSE
Intermediate
Duration: 7 minutes and 18 seconds
Working with Amazon EBS Multi-Attach
This lesson discusses Multi-Attach, a feature of the Amazon Elastic Block Store which allows multiple instances to access the same volume.
COURSE
Intermediate
Duration: 23 minutes and 58 seconds
Automating Your EBS Snapshots with the Data Lifecycle Manager
In this lesson, you'll learn about Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager and how to manage EBS snapshots within the AWS console.
COURSE
Intermediate
Duration: 6 minutes and 57 seconds
Retaining Deleted Snapshots with the Amazon EBS Recycle Bin
This lesson explores the Amazon EBS recycle bin and how it can be used to retain deleted EBS snapshots.
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This course focuses on the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) service, allowing you to become familiar with its uses, helping to embed it into your architecture. Using a series of on-demand courses and hands-on labs you will begin learning the fundamentals of EBS, and then gradually become more exposed to the advanced features that it offers.

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain an understand what EBS is and its use cases
  • Learn about the two different EBS volumes types available
  • Understand how EBS can enhance the security of your data
  • Learn how to create EBS volumes
  • How to create an EBS Snapshot
  • How to create an EBS Volume From a Snapshot
  • How to attach an EBS Volume as a root device
  • Gain a solid understanding of EBS Multi-Attach
  • Learn how to allow multiple instances access to the same volume
  • Understand the features and restrictions of the Multi-Attach service
  • Understand the fundamentals of Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager
  • Learn how to successfully set up and use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager within your AWS account to manage new snapshots
  • Understand the fundamentals of EBS recycle bin
  • Learn how you can use it to help you manage your EBS snapshots and recover from the accidental deletion of your EBS snapshots
  • Create AWS Lambda functions to take the EBS snapshots
  • Invoke an AWS Lambda function on a schedule using Amazon EventBridge
  • How to migrate EBS GP2 volumes to GP3


Prerequisites:

As a perquisite to taking this learning path, you may find it beneficial in having some familiarity with the fundamentals of AWS and some of its core services.

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Covered Topics

Storage
Amazon Web Services
Storage for AWS
Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)