Stop, resume and back up
Save money between sessions without losing your work, and download copies of everything you make.
Everything in your studio (models, projects, characters, locations and every image and video) lives on your pod’s volume. What happens to it depends on whether you stop or terminate the pod.
Stop vs terminate
| Stop | Terminate | |
|---|---|---|
| GPU billing | Ends | Ends |
| Storage billing | Continues at Runpod’s storage rate | Ends |
| Your work | Kept | Deleted permanently |
| Models | Kept, no re-download | Deleted. A new pod downloads them again |
Stop the pod
When you’re done for the day, open the Runpod console, find your pod and click Stop. You stop paying for the GPU, and your work stays on the volume.
Resume
In the Runpod console, click Start on your pod. The studio is back in a couple of minutes, with no model downloads. Open it the same way as before, with Connect → HTTP Service, and sign in with your password.
Back up your work
You can download your work at any time. Downloads come as ZIP files and start right away in your browser, even when they’re several gigabytes.
- A film: open the project and click Back up. The ZIP has the final cut, every shot and keyframe, the cast and location images, and a
project.jsonwith the storyboard. - A finished film only: open the project and click Download film, or Download export on the Timeline tab.
- Gallery items: on the Create page, select items and click Download in the selection bar.
- Your whole gallery: on the Create page, open the download menu at the top right of the gallery and choose Download all (ZIP).
Free up space
If your storage fills up, the studio stops accepting new jobs. To free space, back up what you want to keep, then delete old items from the gallery. See Storage is almost full.