AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) service leverages persistent block storage to store Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instances. EC2 instances are virtual servers running on AWS environments. EBS is useful for running containerized applications, big data analytics, relational and non-relational databases, and more.
EBS enables you to take snapshots of your volumes to backup your data and prevent data loss. This article explains the basics of AWS EBS snapshots, including an example of how to automate your snapshots with CloudWatch.