AWS does not use netboot, EBS volumes appear as local NVMe drives because their custom Nitro PCIe cards handle that. In the Mac case, they connect the cards using Thunderbolt.
The Mac instances will NOT use an AWS provided hypervisor until Apple's terms change. Currently the hosting provider is only allowed to lease the whole machine, only the end user can do virtualization.
The Mac instances will NOT use an AWS provided hypervisor until Apple's terms change. Currently the hosting provider is only allowed to lease the whole machine, only the end user can do virtualization.