Akamai Block Storage is high-performance, persistent storage for cloud instances and containers. It’s typically used for volumes containing system files, databases, and app code, as well as other workloads that need speed, durability, and flexibility. Unlike ephemeral local storage or object storage accessed over HTTP APIs, block storage provides low-latency, network-attached volumes built to handle transactional workloads. This blog post explains how Akamai Block Storage works, what it’s best used for, and how to get the most out of it as a key component of your data platform at the edge. What is block storage? Block storage (or block-level storage) is a way of storing data in fixed-size blocks that are efficiently distributed and arranged across the underlying storage medium. Block storage volumes connect to compute instances over a network and are deployed within the same region to minimize latency.…