Amazon ECS Managed Instances now includes support for Amazon EC2 instance store

Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) Managed Instances has introduced support for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance store volumes as a new data volume option for container workloads. This enhancement allows users to utilize instance store volumes on ECS container instances, offering an alternative to provisioning Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) data volumes. The use of instance store volumes can lead to reduced storage costs and improved input/output performance, particularly benefiting latency-sensitive workloads.

Amazon ECS Managed Instances is a fully managed compute service that aims to eliminate the burden of infrastructure management. It is designed to dynamically scale EC2 instances according to workload demands and continuously optimize task placement to minimize infrastructure expenses. With the latest update, users can enable local storage by configuring a custom ECS Managed Instances capacity provider and choosing Amazon EC2 instance types that feature instance store volumes. In situations where an instance does not have instance store volumes or local storage is not enabled, Amazon ECS will automatically provision an Amazon EBS data volume.

This support for instance store volumes is available in all commercial AWS Regions where Amazon ECS Managed Instances are offered. Users seeking more information about local storage support can refer to the official documentation. Additional details about Amazon ECS Managed Instances can be found on the feature page, in the documentation, and on the AWS News launch blog.