When an EC2 instance that is backed by an S3-based AMI Is terminated, what happens to the data on me root volume?
A.
Data is automatically saved as an E8S volume.
B.
Data is automatically saved as an ESS snapshot.
C.
Data is automatically deleted.
D.
Data is unavailable until the instance is restarted.
Explanation:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ComponentsAMIs.html
C
C is the default behaviour,
S3 backed AMI is nothing but instance store volume
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ComponentsAMIs.html
thanks
Ans is C not D, because we cannot restart the terminated instance.