- Newest
- Most votes
- Most comments
Hello! You are correct about reducing the size of a user volume. While you can increase the size, the reduction protection is in place to ensure the WorkSpace user's data is preserved. Neither AWS nor the WorkSpaces service can see what is stored on the volume or whether or not it is even being used.
When you using AlwaysOn, you pay a fixed monthly fee for unlimited usage of your WorkSpaces (as opposed to the hourly rate). If you use the exact same bundle type (in terms of hardware, BYOL vs. License Included, License Included Software) and the exact same directory and user (must be the same Active Directory SID) but change the volume sizes to 80GB for root and 10GB for users, that should be considered 1 WorkSpace for billing purposes. If you are able, verify a small number of WorkSpaces before doing this across your entire environment.
WorkSpaces Personal is a persistent desktop service. Though it sounds like users are storing their data elsewhere, before deleting the WorkSpaces, make sure you've backed up users' data and have a method to restore any custom applications and/or configurations.
You also may want to consider Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces, an AWS Solution to analyze all of your Amazon WorkSpaces usage data and, optionally, automatically convert your WorkSpaces to the most cost-effective billing option depending on your individual usage.
Relevant content
- asked 3 years ago
- Accepted Answerasked 3 years ago
- asked 3 years ago
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 months ago
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 6 months ago
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 years ago
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 years ago