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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)
General Purpose SSD (gp3, gp2) – Used for general workloads.
Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1, io2) – Used for databases and high-performance workloads.
Cold HDD (sc1) / Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) – Used for large, sequential workloads.
c) Amazon EFS (Elastic File System)
Standard – For frequently accessed files.
Infrequent Access (IA) – Lower cost, used for rarely accessed files.
d) Amazon FSx
Managed file storage for Windows File Server and Lustre.
e) AWS Storage Gateway
Hybrid cloud storage solution integrating on-premises data centers with AWS.4
Factor Description
Compute Costs Based on instance type, number of vCPUs, RAM, and region.
Storage Costs Charged per GB stored, depends on storage class (e.g., S3 Standard vs. Glacier).
Data Transfer Costs Inbound traffic is free, but outbound traffic between regions incurs a cost.
Database Pricing RDS/Aurora pricing depends on instance size, storage, and backups.
Support Plan Costs Higher-tier plans come with faster response times and premium services.