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They seem to be encouraging everyone to move to NEWER instances for better networking and so on... So what happens to those old ones?

• pwarner 9y ago
  I bet some customers at least for some apps never move? And I presume at some point they just power them off and recycle them. With some forced maintenance over time they can consolidate to a small corner of the DC and install new systems around them? Just guesses..
  • ckinnan 9y ago
    I had EC2s running since 2007, eventually some of the underlying hardware fails and you're forced to terminate and move to a new instance.
    • dfischer 9y ago
      When did it terminate out of curiosity?