Changes/CloudEC2ImagesNoStandardStorage

Remove standard storage option from Fedora EC2 images

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

Summary

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.

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Current status

• Targeted release: <VERSION>/ Fedora Linux <VERSION>
• Last updated: 2023-04-13
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Scope

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Contingency Plan

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Documentation

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