EC2 Instance Store CSI driver now generally available in EKS add-ons
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This article announces the general availability of the EC2 Instance Store CSI driver as an EKS add-on, simplifying local storage management in Kubernetes clusters.
- EC2 Instance Store CSI driver now manageable via EKS console and AWS CLI
- Enables easy attachment of EC2 local instance store volumes to EKS clusters
- Driver manages lifecycle of NVMe storage volumes as Kubernetes persistent volumes
- Provides ephemeral block-level storage physically attached to host computers
- Available in all commercial AWS regions
In summary, this release simplifies provisioning and managing local instance store volumes for Kubernetes workloads on EKS.
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