tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057799.post208121225016622844..comments2023-03-26T18:47:47.424-05:00Comments on --Mike--: Amazon EC2 design FAIL - What, Why, and How to fix it.Mike Warothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975818268596648269noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057799.post-53834851013514473162011-03-17T14:08:16.735-05:002011-03-17T14:08:16.735-05:00Stopping an instance does not delete attached driv...Stopping an instance does not delete attached drives. I think it used to, but it doesn't anymore.fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905580169818425599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057799.post-91249780748709943032011-03-10T22:05:17.454-06:002011-03-10T22:05:17.454-06:00Mike - I'm sorry to hear of your cloud experie...Mike - I'm sorry to hear of your cloud experience. Sadly, many people get road rash when first picking up the new/mislabeled terms. We've seen it <a href="http://support.rightscale.com/06-FAQs/FAQ_0004_-_Will_changes_I_make_to_a_running_instance_be_lost_when_it_is_terminated_and_restarted%3f" rel="nofollow">repeatedly</a> at RightScale, and that's why we created <a href="http://support.rightscale.com/12-Guides/Dashboard_Users_Guide/Design/ServerTemplates/Concepts/About_ServerTemplates" rel="nofollow">ServerTemplates</a>. <br /><br />May I suggest "<a href="http://support.rightscale.com/06-FAQs/FAQ_0149_-_What%27s_the_difference_between_Terminating_and_Stopping_an_EC2_Instance%3f" rel="nofollow">stopping</a>" the instance? Your root drive will be saved (but you'll have to save any attached drives manually).Darryl Eatonhttp://www.cloudchomp.comnoreply@blogger.com