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Tag Archives: Elastic Block Store

Adding Swap Space to an EC2 Instance

Posted on November 28, 2011 by cyberx86
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The t1.micro instance comes with only 602MB of memory. Especially under high load, it is quite easy to deplete the available memory – and since no swap space is enabled by default, this can quickly lead to a server becoming … Continue reading →

Posted in: Systems Admin Tagged: EC2, Elastic Block Store, swap

Shrink EBS Root

Posted on November 21, 2011 by cyberx86
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My EC2 instances are setup to have only the operating system and program files on the root volume, with all other data (logs, mail, etc.) on a second EBS volume. This leads to a very stable root volume, which sees … Continue reading →

Posted in: Systems Admin Tagged: Elastic Block Store, resize

Rotating EBS Snapshots: ec2-prune-snapshots

Posted on June 27, 2011 by cyberx86
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Following the significant disruption of EBS volumes in April, the importance of backups was once again brought to the forefront. Amazon’s method of generating EBS backups is the ‘snapshot’ – a differential backup stored in S3. While Amazon provides tools … Continue reading →

Posted in: Software, Systems Admin Tagged: aws, backup, ec2-prune-snapshots, Elastic Block Store, perl

ec2-consistent-snapshot on Amazon’s Linux AMI

Posted on May 24, 2011 by cyberx86
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Update: the complementary article to this one, on Rotating EBS snapshots has now been posted. After the recent failure of EBS volumes on Amazon’s cloud, backup is quite likely something to be considering. If, during the aforementioned incident, recent snapshots … Continue reading →

Posted in: Systems Admin Tagged: aws, backup, cpan, cron, EC2, Elastic Block Store, perl

AWS Instances with EBS Root Volumes

Posted on December 27, 2010 by cyberx86
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While instances backed with EBS-root volumes do cost a bit more than the equivalent instance-store images (there is a cost for I/O), they have certain advantages – persistence and ease of replacement being notable. This article will focus on the … Continue reading →

Posted in: Systems Admin Tagged: EC2, Elastic Block Store

Growing an EBS Volume

Posted on December 26, 2010 by cyberx86
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One of the great uses of EBS volumes is there persistence, however, there often comes a time when the data outgrows the original size of the volume. It is a fairly easy matter to remedy this, however, there does tend … Continue reading →

Posted in: Systems Admin Tagged: Elastic Block Store, resize, xfs
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