When an EC2 instance mat is backed by an S3-Dased 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.
C
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Question is not correct right? There is no such thing as a S3-backed AMI instance.
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A is right answer
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ComponentsAMIs.html
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For S3-Dased AMI, Data will be available upto lifetime of the instance…
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*Based
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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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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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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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Duplicate to Q13.
IMO, correct is A
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A
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