Updated on 2025-05-30 GMT+08:00

What's New

The following tables describe the features released in each ECS version and corresponding documentation updates. New features will be successively launched in each region.

May 2025

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

S7n added for the general computing ECS type

General computing S7n ECSs use the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and 25GE high-speed intelligent NICs to provide high network bandwidth and packets per second (PPS).

Commercial use

General Computing ECSs

2

aC8 added for the general computing-plus ECS type

aC8 ECSs use the next-generation scalable processors with turbo frequency up to 3.7 GHz and 4,800 MHz DDR5 memory. With the next-generation QingTian architecture, aC8 ECSs provide more robust and stable computing and network performance as well as all-scenario security and trustworthiness capabilities.

Commercial use

General Computing-plus ECSs

December 2024

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

ECS purchase page optimization

The ECS purchase page is optimized to streamline the purchase procedure. All configurations are consolidated into a single screen, with a configuration summary displayed to make it easier and more efficient to purchase ECSs.

Commercial use

Purchasing an ECS in Custom Config Mode

September 2022

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

First release of ECS

An Elastic Cloud Server (ECS) is a basic computing component that consists of vCPUs, memory, an OS, and Elastic Volume Service (EVS) disks. After an ECS is created, you can use it like using your local computer or physical server.

Commercial use

Elastic Cloud Server