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what happens to the data on the root volume?

When an EC2 instance mat is backed by an S3-Dased AMI is terminated, what happens to the data on the root
volume?

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A.
Data is automatically deleted

B.
Data is automatically saved as an EBS snapshot.

C.
Data is unavailable until the instance is restarted

D.
Data is automatically saved as an EBS volume.

10 Comments on “what happens to the data on the root volume?

  1. Leonardo Giallusi says:

    When an EC2 instance that is backed by an S3-Based AMI is terminated, what happens to the data on the root volume?

    a) Data is automatically deleted

    b) Data is automatically saved as an EBS snapshot.

    c) Data is unavailable until the instance is restarted

    d) Data is automatically saved as an EBS volume




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  2. sri says:

    A

    Data persistence

    By default, the root volume is deleted when the instance terminates.* Data on any other Amazon EBS volumes persists after instance termination by default. Data on any instance store volumes persists only during the life of the instance.




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  3. BDA says:

    A is correct, as the instance-store snapshot used for root volume is an S3 snapshot, not EBS. You will lose all data upon termination.




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