Amazon EBS now supports Volume Clones for instant volume copies

Amazon EBS Volume Clones Now Generally Available

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of Volume Clones for Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). This new capability allows you to instantly create and access point-in-time copies of EBS volumes within the same Availability Zone (AZ), accelerating software development workflows and enhancing operational agility.

With Amazon EBS Volume Clones, you can instantly create copies of volumes and access the copied volumes with single-digit millisecond latency. This feature enables rapid creation of test and development environments from production volumes, eliminating manual copy workflows. Additionally, Volume Clones integrates with the Amazon EBS Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver, simplifying storage management for containerized applications.

Amazon EBS Volume Clones is available in all AWS Commercial Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. You can access Volume Clones through the AWS Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), AWS SDKs, and AWS CloudFormation. This capability supports all EBS volume types and works for volume copies within the same account and AZ.

For detailed pricing information, please visit the EBS pricing page. To explore how Volume Clones can accelerate your software development processes and improve operational efficiency, visit the AWS documentation.

Source: AWS release notes