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Accelerate development workflows with Amazon EBS Volume Clones

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This article introduces Amazon EBS Volume Clones, a new feature enabling instant point-in-time copies of EBS volumes for accelerated development and operational workflows.

  • Create instant, crash-consistent EBS volume copies available within seconds
  • Eliminates hours-long snapshot-and-restore cycles for large databases
  • Healthcare organization reduced daily data refresh from 12 hours to 54 minutes
  • Enables faster disaster recovery testing without disrupting replication
  • Accelerates blue/green deployments and CI/CD pipelines
  • Supports operational patching with built-in rollback capability
  • Accessible via AWS Console, CLI, SDKs, and CloudFormation
  • Integrates with Amazon EBS CSI driver for Kubernetes workloads

EBS Volume Clones eliminate operational friction in data copy workflows, enabling teams to work with fresh production data instantly across development, testing, and disaster recovery scenarios.

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