Instance Store versus S3
Learn how Instance Store differs from S3.
| Instance Store | S3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Local |
Web Service |
| Interface | Block Storage |
REST API |
| Accessibility | EC2 |
Anywhere |
| Latency | Very Low |
High |
| Throughput | Up to ~5,500 MB/s |
Very High |
| Durability | Ephemeral |
99.999999999% |
| Availability | Medium |
99.99% |
| Replication | Single AZ |
Multi-AZ (default), Multi-Region (optional) |
| Backups/Snapshots | n/a |
n/a |
| Storage Costs (GB/month) | $0.25 |
$0.023 |