What is S3 bucket and EC2 instance?

AWS S3 bucket is a directory/folder where we can store any kind of data except application or OS. Why AWS called S3 bucket for directory/folder because bucket has ” Sx3″ Simple Storage Service. In S3 bucket we can store any amount of data and retrieve from anywhere on web.

Is Amazon S3 same as AWS?

Amazon S3 or Amazon Simple Storage Service is a service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that provides object storage through a web service interface. Amazon S3 uses the same scalable storage infrastructure that Amazon.com uses to run its global e-commerce network.

What is difference between Amazon EC2 and S3?

S3 (Simple Storage Service) and EBS (Elastic Block Store) are two file storage services provided by Amazon. The main difference between them is with what they can be used with. EBS is specifically meant for EC2 ( Elastic Computing Cloud) instances and is not accessible unless mounted to one.

What is the different between Amazon EBS and S3?

EBS can only be used with EC2 instances while S3 can be used outside EC2

EBS appears as a mountable volume while the S3 requires software to read and write data

EBS can accommodate a smaller amount of data than S3

EBS can only be used by one EC2 instance at a time while S3 can be used by multiple instances

What is difference between AWS EFS and S3?

EFS has the simplest cost structure. Amazon S3 can be accessed from anywhere. AWS EBS is only available in a particular region, while you can share files between regions on multiple EFS instances. EBS and EFS are both faster than Amazon S3, with high IOPS and lower latency .

What you can do with Amazon EC2?

Import the VMDK,VHD or RAW file via the ec2-import-instance API.

If ec2-import-instance is interrupted or terminates without completing the upload,use ec2-resume-import to resume the upload.

Use the ec2-describe-conversion-tasks command to monitor the import progress and obtain the resulting Amazon EC2 instance ID.