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That way, you do not have to spend time to set up your machine every time you start a workspace.
If the cloud provider of the workspace allows for it, you You can pause your workspace. Use the "PAUSE" button. It is visible next to the access button when you extend the display of your workspace.
The workspace will enter the state "pausing" and finally be in the state "paused".
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At this time we only support the pausing of workspaces on the SURF HPC Cloud. We are working on making it possible on other available clouds such as AWS and Azure
Accounting "paused"
While your workspace is paused, it will not consume any CPU or GPU credits.
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If a persistent storage volume is attached to the paused workspace, it will stay "in-use".
However, you can detach it and attach it to another workspace.
Please refer to the bottom of this page for details on attach/detach.
Resume
To start using your workspace again, click the "RESUME" button on the button.
It is visible next to the (disabled) access button when you extend the display of your paused workspace.
The workspace will enter the state "resuming"
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