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copied!<p>OK, here we go:</p> <p>For backups:</p> <ol> <li><p>Create your instance from one of the stock AWS images. Make sure it is an EBS-backed VM - depending on the size of the VM you pick, you'll get a volume assigned with 'n' GB of space, attached as the boot volume (/dev/sda1).</p></li> <li><p>Configure the VM with whatever software you need, apply patches, tune for disk fragmentation, CPU consumption (task priorities, etc), and any other configuration you need that makes the VM tailored to your requirements.</p></li> <li><p>Stop the VM and take a snapshot of the EBS volume, then restart it (re-assigning the Elastic IP is there is one). This is your backup snapshot - repeat as desired at whatever frequency you like. Remember to stop the VM when you snap it to prevent the OS writing to the volume whilst you're taking a copy of it.</p></li> </ol> <p>For recovery:</p> <ol> <li><p>Your VM will fail, eventually. You'll break something and render it damaged or inoperative, or the hardware it's running on will suffer a fault. It will happen.</p></li> <li><p>When it does, terminate it (if it didn't self-terminate) and spin-up a new VM of the same type from the AWS stock list. Wait until it shows as 'Running', and then stop it.</p></li> <li><p>Detach its EBS volume and delete it.</p></li> <li><p>Create a new EBS volume from whichever backup snapshot you last created, and attach that new volume to the VM as /dev/sda1.</p></li> <li><p>Start the VM and assign your EIP if appropriate.</p></li> </ol> <p>About EBS storage:</p> <ol> <li>It's a chunk of storage space. If you format it to look like a standard disk, you can use it exactly as you would a physical disk. Install stuff on it, point software at it for use as storage space, whatever.</li> </ol>

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