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Updated on 2024-04-19 GMT+08:00
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Stopping an Instance

Scenarios

If you use DB instances only for routine development, you can temporarily stop pay-per-use instances to save money. You can stop an instance for up to 15 days.

Billing

After a DB instance is stopped, the ECS where the DB instance is located is no longer billed. Other resources, including EIPs, storage resources, and backups, are still billed.

Constraints

  • Only pay-per-use instances using cloud SSDs can be stopped. RDS instances in a DCC cannot be stopped.
  • If you stop a primary instance, read replicas (if there are any) will also be stopped. They are stopped for up to 15 days. You cannot stop a read replica without stopping the primary instance.
  • A stopped instance cannot be deleted through the console.
  • Stopping a DB instance will also stop its automated backups. After the DB instance is started, a full backup is automatically triggered.
  • If you do not manually start your stopped instance after 15 days, your instance is automatically started during the next maintenance window. For details about the maintenance window, see Changing the Maintenance Window. To start an instance, see Starting an Instance.
  • A stopped pay-per-use instance may fail to start due to insufficient ECS resources. In this case, try again later or restore data to a new DB instance using the latest backup. If you need assistance, contact customer service.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
  4. On the Instances page, locate the primary instance that you want to stop and choose More > Stop in the Operation column.
  5. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.
  6. If you have enabled operation protection, click Send Code in the displayed Identity Verification dialog box and enter the obtained verification code. Then, click OK.

    Two-factor authentication improves the security of your account. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Identity and Access Management User Guide.

  7. Refresh the instance list and view the status of the instance. If the status is Stopped, the instance is stopped successfully.
Parent topic: Instance Lifecycle