Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) is an easy to use, high performance block

Cloud storage is a service model in which data is transmitted and stored on remote storage systems, where it is maintained, managed, backed up and made available to users over a network (typically the internet). [Source: TechTarget]

service designed for use with Amazon Elastic

Cloud Computing Services provide information technology (IT) as a service over the Internet or dedicated network, with delivery on demand, and payment based on usage. Cloud computing services range from full applications and development platforms, to servers, storage, and virtual desktops. [Source: Dell]

Cloud (EC2) for both throughput and transaction intensive workloads at any scale.