---
id: "aws-instance-store"
type: "component"
kind: "block-storage"
provider: "aws"
category: "data"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/InstanceStorage.html"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-instance-store"
---

# EC2 instance store

Temporary block storage on disks attached to the host, lost when the instance stops or terminates.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [aws](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=aws) |
| Kind | [Block storage volume](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/block-storage) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/InstanceStorage.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/InstanceStorage.html) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `customerManagedKey` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `deviceInterface` | enum | `nvme-ssd`, `sata-ssd`, `hdd` | no | "nvme-ssd" | inherited |
| `encryptionAtRest` | boolean | — | no | — | **true** |
| `iops` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `mediaType` | enum | `ssd`, `hdd` | no | — | **"ssd"** |
| `persistence` | enum | `instance-lifetime` | no | "instance-lifetime" | inherited |
| `redundancy` | enum | `local`, `zonal`, `regional` | no | — | **"local"** |
| `sizeGib` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `snapshots` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `trimSupport` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 28

- [Elastic Block Storage](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-ebs.md) `alibaba-ebs` — alibabacloud
- [Amazon EBS](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-ebs.md) `aws-ebs` — aws
- [Azure Container Storage](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-container-storage.md) `azure-container-storage` — azure
- [Azure Elastic SAN](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-elastic-san.md) `azure-elastic-san` — azure
- [Azure Disk Storage](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-managed-disk.md) `azure-managed-disk` — azure
- [Generic block storage volume](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/block-storage.md) `block-storage` — default
- [Block volume](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/block-volume.md) `block-volume` — default
- [Ceph RBD](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ceph-rbd.md) `ceph-rbd` — default
- [Longhorn](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/longhorn.md) `longhorn` — default
- [OpenEBS](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openebs.md) `openebs` — default
- [OpenZFS](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openzfs.md) `openzfs` — default
- [Portworx](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/portworx.md) `portworx` — default
- [Volumes Block Storage](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/digitalocean-volumes.md) `digitalocean-volumes` — digitalocean
- [Hyperdisk](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-hyperdisk.md) `google-hyperdisk` — gcp
- [Local SSD](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-local-ssd.md) `google-local-ssd` — gcp
- [Persistent Disk](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-persistent-disk.md) `google-persistent-disk` — gcp
- [IBM Cloud Block Storage for VPC](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-block-storage.md) `ibm-block-storage` — ibm
- [Block Storage for Classic](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-block-storage-classic.md) `ibm-block-storage-classic` — ibm
- [IBM Storage Ceph as a Service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-storage-ceph.md) `ibm-storage-ceph` — ibm
- [PersistentVolume](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/k8s-persistent-volume.md) `k8s-persistent-volume` — k8s
- [PersistentVolumeClaim](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/k8s-persistent-volume-claim.md) `k8s-persistent-volume-claim` — k8s
- [StorageClass](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/k8s-storage-class.md) `k8s-storage-class` — k8s
- [Volume](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/k8s-volume.md) `k8s-volume` — k8s
- [OCI Block Volume](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-block-volume.md) `oci-block-volume` — oci
- [OCI Boot Volume](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-boot-volume.md) `oci-boot-volume` — oci
- [OCI Local NVMe Storage](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-local-nvme.md) `oci-local-nvme` — oci
- [OpenStack Cinder](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openstack-cinder.md) `openstack-cinder` — openstack
- [Block Storage Unit (BSU)](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/outscale-bsu.md) `outscale-bsu` — outscale

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "aws-instance-store", component: "aws-instance-store" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# EC2 instance store: temporary block storage on disks physically attached to the host.
# "Instance store temporary block storage for EC2 instances": data is ephemeral and lives only for the
# life of the instance; "SSD instance store volumes for EC2 instances": NVMe instance storage is always
# encrypted with an XTS-AES-256 block cipher whose keys are destroyed when the instance stops or terminates.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "aws-instance-store"
kind: "block-storage"
provider: "aws"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/InstanceStorage.html"
defaults:
  mediaType: "ssd"
  redundancy: "local"
  encryptionAtRest: true
  snapshots: false
  managed: false
properties:
  persistence:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["instance-lifetime"]
    default: "instance-lifetime"
  deviceInterface:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["nvme-ssd", "sata-ssd", "hdd"]
    default: "nvme-ssd"
  trimSupport:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  customerManagedKey:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-instance-store