Disks and Deletion Policies

By default, disks have names in the following format: <PROJECT_NAME>-<INSTANCE_NAME>-<VOLUME_NAME>. But you can specify a custom name using the diskName parameter.

When you're starting an instance:

1. Spotty is looking for existing disks using their names. If a disk exists, it will be attached to the instance.

2. If not - Spotty will be looking for a snapshot with the same name. If the snapshot exists, the disk will be restored from that snapshot.

3. If neither snapshot nor disk with this name exists, a new disk will be created.

Note: Deletion Policies for the GCP provider are not implemented yet, so, regardless of the deletionPolicy parameter value, created disks will retain when the instance is terminated.