AWS Free tier doubt

Question

So  i created a EC2 instances ,and volume for that was ebs instant volume after that i terminated the instance ,so my volume should also be deleted with this ,but when i see my usage of ebs it shows 7% used ,my doubt when we create the instance and terminate it do the space used in it get free in free tier or everytime i used a ec2 instance would it keeps on adding the usage in ebs volume after every termination,then  which will consumed 30 gb of free tier and after that incur charges

qinyang.wang · Answer

Hello,

You can think of the free EBS quota as EBS size * EBS usage time, for example, you can use:
- 730 hours(One month) of free use of a 30GB hard drive
- 21,900 hours(One month * 30) of free use of a 1GB hard drive.

So in your description, your EBS usage (EBS size * EBS usage time) accounts for 7% of the free quota, and this value will only increase as you use it.

For example, if you use 8 GB of EBS for 10 hours, the free quota you consume is 8 GB * 10 hours.

For more billing examples, you can refer to [AWS EBS pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/).

Veera Bomman · Answer

Hello there,

Please note that EBS volumes are deleted automatically upon terminating an EC2 instance and when a new instance is launched, a new volume would be provisioned. Each provisioned volume is billed sepearately.

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