Introducing Amazon EBS Volume Clones: Create instant copies of your EBS volumes
AWS News Blog
AWS has introduced Amazon EBS Volume Clones, a new feature that enables instant creation of point-in-time copies of EBS volumes within the same Availability Zone.
- Allows quick creation of volume copies with a single API call or console click
- Initially supports only encrypted volumes
- Copies are available within seconds with single-digit millisecond latency
- Ideal for development, testing, and database workloads
- Volumes are immediately usable during background initialization
Key limitations include same-AZ copying, requirement for encrypted source volumes, and the need to manually ensure application consistency. Volume Clones complement EBS snapshots but are not a replacement for comprehensive backup strategies.
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