EBS Snapshots don't just protect you in case of a failure to recover to something, they actually reduce the chance of failure[1]. Assuming that the S3 storage h

EBS Snapshots don't just protect you in case of a failure to recover to something, they actually reduce the chance of failure[1]. Assuming that the S3 storage has no data loss[2], you lower the data loss possibility for your EBS volume to only those bits that have been changed since the last snapshot. [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13576363/does-taking-a-snapshot-of-an-ebs-volume-increase-reliability https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13576363/does-taking-a-s... [2]: Yes it's a big if but S3 for durability against data loss is like the US Treasury for risk free returns on T-Bills.