APEX File Storage for AWS Getting Started Guide

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EBS disk volume type configuration options

Depending on your workload, you have multiple EBS disk volume types available that allows you to optimize storage performance and cost for a broad range of applications.

These volume types are divided into two broad categories as described below:

SSD-backed storage for transactional workloads
- gp3: General-purpose SSD
HDD-backed storage for throughput intensive workloads
- st1: Streaming-optimized hard drive


Volume Type	Durability	Baseline IOPS/Volume	Baseline Throughput/Volume	Max IOPS/Volume	Max Throughput/Volume	Max IOPS/Instance	Max Throughput/Instance
gp3	99.8-99.9%	3,000	125 MiBps	16,000	1,000 MB/s	260,000	10,000 MB/s
st1	99.8-99.9%	500	40 MB/s per TB**	500 MB/s	500 MB/s		10,000 MB/s

** bursting to 250 MB/s per TB

Source: https://aws/amazon.com/ebs/volume-types/