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What is ebs backed instance?

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An "EBS-backed" instance is an EC2 instance which uses an EBS volume as it's root device. EBS volumes are redundant, "virtual" drives, which are not tied to any particular hardware, however they are restricted to a particular EC2 availability zone.

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