Microsoft Azure → Amazon Web Services
AWS equivalent of Azure managed disks
The closest AWS equivalent of Azure managed disks is Amazon EBS.
About Azure managed disks
| Provider | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available Using Standard HDD as an OS disk retires on Sep 8, 2028. |
| What it is | Block storage for VMs. Ultra Disk (up to 64 TiB, 400,000 IOPS), Premium SSD v2 (up to 64 TiB, 80,000 IOPS, 3,000 IOPS and 125 MB/s included), Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD. LRS by default, with ZRS for Premium SSD and Standard SSD. |
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
AWS mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| VM block storage volumes | Amazon EBS | Direct match |
Block storage(1)
VM block storage volumes Direct match
The Azure equivalent of Amazon EBS is Azure managed disks. Microsoft maps gp2/gp3 to Standard SSD or Premium SSD, gp3 to Premium SSD v2, and io2 to Ultra Disk, and recommends testing, because performance limits don't line up exactly.
- Performance model. gp3 includes 3,000 IOPS and 125 MiB/s and lets you buy more separately, the same idea and baseline as Premium SSD v2. Classic Premium SSD and Standard SSD use fixed size tiers where performance comes with size, plus bursting.
- Limits. gp3 goes to 64 TiB, 80,000 IOPS, and 2,000 MiB/s, and io2 Block Express to 64 TiB, 256,000 IOPS, and 4,000 MiB/s. Premium SSD v2 goes to 64 TiB, 80,000 IOPS, and 2,000 MB/s, and Ultra Disk to 64 TiB, 400,000 IOPS, and 10,000 MB/s. VM or instance limits often bind first.
- OS disks. Any EBS SSD type can be a boot volume. On Azure, Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk can only be data disks, so OS disks use Premium SSD, Standard SSD, or (until Sep 8, 2028) Standard HDD.