When you are creating an EBS volume you can choose a snapshot to prepopulate it with.
On Feb 12, 8:32 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an instance with root mounted on EBS storage and if take > snapshots of the latter. If I understand how this works the root > filesystem should be backed up in the snapshots. What puzzle me if > that I cannot find a way to restore the snapshots and any test > involing taking up/down the instance are incredidibly show compared > with my other vmware machine. > > On Feb 12, 12:32 pm, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just keep in mind, if you have an EC2 server, if it goes down ever for > > ANY reason you lose ALL of the data on the server. > > > Do not rely on Amazon to be a permanent will-be-there-always solution > > for the data > > > -Thadeus > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:47 AM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am not suing any of the advanced features like load balancing. I > > > have an Instance with EBS storage. I do not completely understand the > > > backup process. I hope that making a snapshot of the storage results > > > in data backup. Not clear to me how to recover from one the snapshots. > > > > On Feb 12, 10:42 am, villas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Feb 12, 4:01 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > hmmm that costs more money. > > > >> Well, people moving to Amazon aren't going there to save any money, > > >> that's for sure. The main thing you are paying for is the massive > > >> global up-scaling you can instantly turn on. Must have geared up for > > >> some big spikes on accessing that lovely new online book :-) D > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "web2py-users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
