2 days isn't a strict limit :) But I wouldn't want to maintain instances that aren't regularly cycled. Then you have to install security updates and things li

2 days isn't a strict limit :) But I wouldn't want to maintain instances that aren't regularly cycled. Then you have to install security updates and things like that. I think many people today, only want to own the inside of their container, and only have the container exposed through a load balancer that has some sanity check on incoming traffic.. Most LBs won't forward non-HTTP requests, etc..