AWS offers multiple types of block storage depending on the needs of the individual user. Fedora images are uploaded with standard and gp2 currently (gp3 will replace gp2 very soon with another approved change).
The standard storage is a previous generation storage option with less performance and less consistent performance than the other storage types. It also causes some confusion when AWS customers look through the list of Fedora cloud images in the EC2 console because now they see four images (aarch64 + x86_64, both with standard and gp2 storage).
Removing the standard storage option would reduce the amount of images that appear in the console, but AWS customers could still provision Fedora on standard storage during the instance creation process if they really want that storage option.
The scripts that upload images to AWS will be adjusted so that they do not include the creation of an AMI with standard storage. AWS customers could still choose that option at instance creation time if needed.
No alternatives have been proposed yet.
This would reduce the amount of Fedora AMIs that appear in the EC2 console by half and it would ensure that Fedora lands on AWS' best performing storage (soon to be gp3) by default. It avoids a situation where an AWS customer (without a strong knowledge in block storage types) starts a Fedora instance on standard storage and gets a low performance experience.
It would have no effect on running instances or existing AMIs.
fedimg and it affects only the AMI creation process.Existing systems will not be affected by this change. Customers launching new instances will get better performing storage by default but will still have the option to select standard storage if they really need it.
1. The updated version of fedimg should create only gp2 (soon to be gp3) AMIs.
2. We can verify that the latest image upload from rawhide (after the fedimg change is made) will only include a gp2/gp3-backed image.
AWS customers who are not familiar with different block storage types should always land on high performance storage. They still have the option to choose other storage types at instance creation time.
Only fedimg needs to be updated. There are no other dependencies.
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Fedora AMIs for EC2 now default to the latest gp2/3 storage option.
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