Normally when you create a new virtual machine (VM) instance in EC2 in the AWS cloud, that instance uses Elastic Block Storage (EBS). EBS might best be described as persistent block storage. However, ...

AWS is adding a new kind of virtual machine to its growing list of EC2 options. These new machines feature local NVMe storage, which offers significantly faster throughput than standard SSDs. These ...

One of the most common problems that IT pros encounter with EC2 instances is creating an instance, only to outgrow it later on. An admin might, for example, provision an instance with a certain amount ...

After launching the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) i3 instances around two years ago, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made available the i3en instances, touted by the company as boasting a lower ...

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Amazon EC2 C7g instances powered by new AWS Graviton3 processors provide up to 25% better performance for compute-intensive workloads over current generation C6g instances powered by AWS Graviton2 ...

Amazon said Thursday that its Elastic Block Store feature is now available to all of its EC2 Web service customers. The move gives Amazon Web Services a full storage suite delivered as a service. EC2 ...

EC2 has changed quite a bit in the last five years, so whether you are new to EC2 or an old hand, it’s worth a look at how to launch your own EC2 instances today Amazon’s Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2 ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) eliminated the networking bandwidth burst duration limitations from storage optimized instances within its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Limitations were removed for EC2 I7i ...

At Amazon’s re: Invent developer conference in Las Vegas today, the company’s chief technology officer Werner Vogels just announced that the company is launching two new large instance types for its ...