This topic provides information about the EBS device name that you must use in various adapter requests.
The following table describes how storage is exposed on the instance types.
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| - Formatted and mounted as root ( / ) on all Linux and UNIX instance types
- Formatted and mounted as C: on all Windows instance types
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/dev/sda2 or xvdb (Windows) | - Formatted and mounted as /mnt on m1.small and c1.medium instances
- Formatted and mounted on small Windows instance types
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| - Formatted and mounted as /swap on m1.small and c1.medium instances on all Linux and UNIX instance types
- Not available on Windows instances
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/dev/sdb or xvdb (Windows) | - Formatted and mounted as /mnt on m1.large, m1.xlarge, c1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m2.2xlarge, and m2.4xlarge Linux and UNIX instances
- Formatted and mounted on m1.large, m1.xlarge, c1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, and m2.2xlarge Windows instances
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/dev/sdc or xvdc (Windows) | - Available on m1.large, m1.xlarge, and c1.xlarge Linux and UNIX instances
- Formatted and mounted on m1.large, m1.xlarge, c1.xlarge, and m2.4xlarge Windows instances
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/dev/sdd or xvdd (Windows) | - Available on m1.xlarge and c1.xlarge Linux and UNIX instances
- Formatted and mounted on m1.xlarge and c1.xlarge Windows instances
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/dev/sde or xvde (Windows) | - Available on m1.xlarge and c1.xlarge Linux and UNIX instances
- Formatted and mounted on m1.xlarge and c1.xlarge Windows instances
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