An Instance Store is a storage volume that functions like a physical hard drive, providing temporary storage for Amazon EC2 instances.
The data in an Instance Store remains available for the duration of the instance’s lifecycle and persists through reboots. However, any data stored in the Instance Store is lost if the instance is hibernated or terminated.
| When an instance is started from a stopped state, it may launch on a different host where the associated instance store is not available. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid storing important data in the instance store. Instance Stores are better suited for temporary files and data that can be easily recreated. |
An AWS EC2 instance with an attached instance store is currently active.
The AWS EC2 instance is either stopped or terminated.
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All data on the attached instance store has been erased.
