No, EBS durability has not changed with this release.
> Also, is it still recommended to pre-warm volumes? or is this now unnecessary (or even harmful) with SSDs?
It is still necessary to pre-warm volumes for optimum performance, especially if they are loaded from snapshots.
No, EBS durability has not changed with this release.
> Also, is it still recommended to pre-warm volumes? or is this now unnecessary (or even harmful) with SSDs?
It is still necessary to pre-warm volumes for optimum performance, especially if they are loaded from snapshots.