What is the difference between snapshot and AMI?

1.	What is the difference between snapshot and AMI?
Answer» <html><body><table><tbody><tr><th>S.no</th><th>Snapshot</th><th>AMI</th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td>1.</td><td>A snapshot of the file system that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/user-25565" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USER">USER</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/able-361137" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ABLE">ABLE</a> to mount to an EC2 instance.</td><td>It’s a pre-built image of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/server-11236" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SERVER">SERVER</a> that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/users-25567" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USERS">USERS</a> can deploy to EC2.</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>Holds only data that has changed <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/since-644476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SINCE">SINCE</a> the previous snapshot.</td><td>When AMI is created, it holds a partial record of the volume.</td></tr></tbody></table></body></html>

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