AWS Life cycle

• You can stop-hibernate or stop EC2 instances
  • When you stop-hibernate an instance, Amazon EC2 signals the operating system to perform hibernation, which saves the contents from the instance RAM to the EBS root volume.
• When you terminate EC2 you will lost all data
• You can reboot EC2

References

1. https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/1851/play/85986/aws-technical-essentials Module 2
2. AWS user guide: Amazon EC2: Instance Lifecycle(opens in a new tab)
3. AWS user guide: Hibernation Prerequisites(opens in a new tab)
4. AWS website: Amazon EC2 Pricing(opens in a new tab)
5. AWS website: Amazon EC2 On-Demand Pricing(opens in a new tab)
6. AWS website: Amazon EC2 Spot Instances Pricing(opens in a new tab)
7. AWS website: Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances Pricing