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This year marks Elastic Block Store's (EBS) 16th anniversary, and I've asked Sr. Principal Engineer, Marc Olson, to write about his experiences working on the foundational #AWS service for more than a decade. Marc provides an insider's view of how the EBS team iteratively scaled storage performance over more than a decade - from spinning disks to adopting SSDs, custom networking protocols, offload hardware, and more. Beyond the technical details, he shares insights on organizational practices, empowering engineers, continuous improvement through measurement, and fostering an innovative culture. It's a unique behind-the-scenes look at building massively scalable services at AWS. Whether you're an experienced systems engineer or just curious about large-scale software architecture, Marc's guest post is well worth a read from one of our tenured engineers. Read the full post on All Things Distributed: https://lnkd.in/d_NBFjkA