Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Disk sharing (multi-writer and read-only)
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Disk sharing (multi-writer and read-only) is Amazon EBS Multi-Attach; on Azure, Azure shared disks.
About Disk sharing (multi-writer and read-only)
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Attach one disk to several instances in read-only mode or multi-writer mode. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | No separate pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attach one disk to several VMs (clustering) | Amazon EBS Multi-Attach | Direct match | Azure shared disks |
Attach one disk to several VMs (clustering) Direct match
EBS Multi-Attach maps to disk sharing in multi-writer mode (or read-only mode) across several instances.
- Multi-writer support depends on the disk type and needs a cluster-aware file system or application, as with Multi-Attach.