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/**
 * <p>
 * You can use the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) direct APIs to create Amazon EBS snapshots, write data
 * directly to your snapshots, read data on your snapshots, and identify the differences or changes between two
 * snapshots. If you’re an independent software vendor (ISV) who offers backup services for Amazon EBS, the EBS direct
 * APIs make it more efficient and cost-effective to track incremental changes on your Amazon EBS volumes through
 * snapshots. This can be done without having to create new volumes from snapshots, and then use Amazon Elastic Compute
 * Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances to compare the differences.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * You can create incremental snapshots directly from data on-premises into volumes and the cloud to use for quick
 * disaster recovery. With the ability to write and read snapshots, you can write your on-premises data to an snapshot
 * during a disaster. Then after recovery, you can restore it back to Amazon Web Services or on-premises from the
 * snapshot. You no longer need to build and maintain complex mechanisms to copy data to and from Amazon EBS.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This API reference provides detailed information about the actions, data types, parameters, and errors of the EBS
 * direct APIs. For more information about the elements that make up the EBS direct APIs, and examples of how to use
 * them effectively, see <a
 * href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-accessing-snapshot.html">Accessing the Contents of an
 * Amazon EBS Snapshot</a> in the <i>Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide</i>. For more information about the
 * supported Amazon Web Services Regions, endpoints, and service quotas for the EBS direct APIs, see <a
 * href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/ebs-service.html">Amazon Elastic Block Store Endpoints and
 * Quotas</a> in the <i>Amazon Web Services General Reference</i>.
 * </p>
 */
package com.amazonaws.services.ebs;