title: LAMP server on EC2 (Amazon Linux Micro Instance)
body: <p>I've launched an instance of the Basic 32-bit Amazon Linux AMI which has an 8GB volume as it's root device. If I terminate it, the EBS volume is destroyed as well. What I'd like to know is whether or not my data is protected (for example, the apache document root, or MySQL data) if the server crashes? A lot of tutorials seem to indicate that another EBS volume should be created and my data stored on that, but I'm not really seeing why two EBS volumes are needed?</p>
  
  <p>Or is the current setup okay for a web server setup?</p>
  
  <p>Many thanks in advance for your help!</p>