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Continuous reinvention: A brief history of block storage at AWS

by Dr Werner Vogels - https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/ allthingsdistributed.com published 2024-08-2221 min read

Marc Olson, a long-time Amazonian, discusses the evolution of EBS, highlighting hard-won lessons in queueing theory, the importance of comprehensive instrumentation, and the value of incrementalism versus radical changes. It's an insightful look at how one of AWS’s foundational services has evolved to meet the needs…

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