Bandwidth available for EBS volumes varies. For instance, with EBS-optimized volumes it can be 500Mbps, 1Gbps, 2Gbps, or 10Gbps, depending on the instance type

Bandwidth available for EBS volumes varies. For instance, with EBS-optimized volumes it can be 500Mbps, 1Gbps, 2Gbps, or 10Gbps, depending on the instance type, as shown in this chart from an Amazon presentation: http://cl.ly/image/440b142t0T1x/Screen%20Shot%202014-12-18%20at%2013.16.23.png http://cl.ly/image/440b142t0T1x/Screen%20Shot%202014-12-18%2... The "NA" of the 8xlarge instance types is because there's no ebs-optimization as an optional feature on that instance type; you automatically get access to 10Gbps. Here's a video of the whole talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OH4-Hx3tlE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OH4-Hx3tlE Here's the slides: http://www.slideshare.net/AmazonWebServices/stg302-28617072 http://www.slideshare.net/AmazonWebServices/stg302-28617072