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io1/io2 EBS volumes are frequently used by AWS application workloads that require high-throughput IOPS and/or low-latency. You can upgrade provisioned volumes to gp3 and minimise your cloud expenditure in the majority of use cases, similar to the savings achieved when converting general purpose EBS volumes.

You must be aware that last year AWS had announced the gp3 general purpose SSD volumes, which are the latest generation of general purpose SSD volumes. These quantities are more cost-effective without compromising performance. At 1,000 MiB/s, the peak throughput of gp3 surpassed that of io1/io2.

You can upgrade your io1/io2 volumes manually or use an automation solution. I use an automation solution called CloudFix. This tool does a fabulous job in automating the process at scale across my enterprise.

The reason I mentioned CloudFix is that this tool monitors your account automatically, discovers migration opportunities, and (safely) updates volumes with a single click, if that’s what you are looking for. What more, it also takes a backup snapshot before the move.

Yes, you can significantly reduce your Cloud cost and improve your AWS cost optimization with this strategy - devgraph.com/2021/05/06/reduce-you...