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Updated on 2024-07-10 GMT+08:00

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What Are the Differences Between FlexusX, FlexusL, and ECS Instances?

  • A FlexusL instance is a package of resources that include cloud servers, EVS disks, EIPs, CBR vaults, and HSS. Resources in the package are created and managed together. FlexusL instances provide various featured application images to help you quickly set up service environments. FlexusL instances are easy to use and friendly to beginners in cloud computing.
  • FlexusX provides functions similar to what ECS provides. It simplifies the purchase process of cloud servers. It has its own features, such as custom vCPU/memory ratios and live specification change. Compared with FlexusL, FlexusX provides more flexible specifications and functions and have fewer constraints.
  • An ECS instance is a server that supports high-load scenarios. It provides multiple billing modes, flavor types, image types, and disk types. You can customize ECS configurations for different service scenarios.

For details about the differences among them, see Table 1.

Table 1 Differences among FlexusX, FlexusL, and ECS

Item

FlexusL

FlexusX

ECS

Target customer

Small- and medium-sized enterprises and developers with low service loads and requiring fast deployment

Small- and medium-sized enterprises and developers with medium service loads and requiring flexible configurations

High-load and full-service scenarios, such as website applications, enterprise e-commerce, graphics rendering, data analysis, and high-performance computing.

Feature

Various built-in solutions and images, quick environment setup, easy service management

Custom specifications, stable and robust performance, and flexible pay-per-use billing

Flexible vCPU, memory, and bandwidth configuration; reliable, secure, and efficient application environments

CPU architecture

x86

x86

x86 or Arm

Billing mode

Yearly/Monthly

FlexusL instances are sold and managed as packages. Resources created with FlexusL instances cannot be disassociated, deleted, or unsubscribed from separately.
  • Pay-per-use
  • Yearly/Monthly
  • Yearly/Monthly
  • Pay-per-use
  • Spot pricing

Specifications
  • Multiple instance specifications are available.
  • Instance specifications can only be upgraded.
  • vCPU to memory ratios can be customized.
  • Instance specifications can be upgraded or degraded.
  • Multiple instance specifications are available.
  • Instance specifications can be upgraded or degraded.

Disk

Each FlexusL instance has a system disk with a fixed capacity by default and supports one data disk at most. Data on FlexusL instances cannot be restored using snapshots on the console.

  • System disk: General Purpose SSD
  • Data disk: General Purpose SSD V2

System disk specifications can be customized. Supported disk types:

  • System disk: common I/O, high I/O, General Purpose SSD, ultra-high I/O, and General Purpose SSD V2
  • Data disk: common I/O, high I/O, General Purpose SSD, ultra-high I/O, and General Purpose SSD V2

System disk specifications can be customized.

  • System and data disks: All disk types are supported.

For details about disk types supported by ECS, see Disk Types and Performance.

Network
  • A fixed EIP is assigned by default.
  • EIP bandwidth is billed by traffic. A FlexusL instance comes with a monthly data package.
  • The VPC, private IP address, and public IP address of a FlexusL instance cannot be changed.
  • You can choose whether to bind an EIP.
  • You can select an EIP type.
  • Bandwidth is billed by bandwidth, traffic, or shared bandwidth.
  • You can choose whether to bind an EIP.
  • You can select an EIP type.
  • Bandwidth is billed by bandwidth, traffic, or shared bandwidth.

Advantage

Easy setup and O&M, cost-effective, and secure
  • Easy setup and O&M, cost-effective, and secure
  • FlexusX instances that use the Huawei Cloud EulerOS 2.0 public image support Nginx, Redis, and MySQL application acceleration.

Stable, reliable, scalable, secure, and hardware-software synergy

Image
  • Five types of mainstream system images provided
  • Various application images provided
  • Private system disk images supported
  • Various public images provided
  • Private images shared images supported
  • Various public images provided
  • Private images, shared images, and KooGallery images supported

Login mode

Password

Password or key pair

Password or key pair

Associated Service
  • HSS (basic edition)
  • CBR
  • HSS (basic and enterprise editions)
  • Cloud Eye
  • CBR
  • HSS (all editions)
  • Cloud Eye
  • CBR

What Regions Does FlexusX Support?

FlexusX instances are only available in the CN-Hong Kong, AP-Bangkok, AP-Singapore, ME-Riyadh, and LA-Sao Paulo1 regions.

Parent topic: FlexusX