What is “Attach volume” in Amazon Web services?

Question

Are the terms used in Amazon Web Services Attach volume and Deattach volume used in reference of Amazon Elastic Block Storage; exactly same as Unix/Linux Mount and Unmount a device?

Answer 1

The attach volume and detach volume is the same as opening up you're computer and attaching or detaching a new disk. After you run the attach command you still need to mount the volume on the computer, format etc... same process as after you connect a new drive.

Answer 2

Attaching a volume means to make it physically available as a device to the operating system (as a block device). To be used as a file system, it must be mounted. Note that a raw EBS device is not formatted.

Here's a step-by-step guide to mounting an EBS volume

Brand-new EBS Volume:

http://support.rightscale.com/06-FAQs/FAQ_0012_-_How_do_I_partition,_format_and_mount_an_EBS_volume%3F

Pre-existing EBS Volume:

http://support.rightscale.com/12-Guides/Dashboard_Users_Guide/Clouds/AWS_Region/EBS_Volumes/Actions/Attach_an_EBS_Volume_to_an_instance