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Process Overview

Figure 1 shows the EVS process overview.
Figure 1 Process overview
EVS disks can be attached to servers and be used as system disks or data disks. Table 1 lists the disk purchasing methods.
Table 1 Method of creation

Disk

Description

Method

System disk

System disks are created along with servers and cannot be created separately.
  • See section "Creating an ECS" in the Elastic Cloud Server User Guide.
  • See section "Creating a BMS" in the Bare Metal Server User Guide.

Data disk

Data disks can be created along with servers or separately.
  • See section "Creating an ECS" in the Elastic Cloud Server User Guide.
  • See section "Creating a BMS" in the Bare Metal Server User Guide.
  • Create an EVS Disk

Figure 2 shows how to purchase a data disk separately.

Figure 2 Process overview
  1. Preparations: Register an account on the console and obtain the permissions required to create servers and disks.
  2. Create a disk. Configure the disk parameters, including the disk type, size, name, and other information. For details, see Create an EVS Disk.
  3. Attach the data disk. Attach the separately created disk to a server. For details, see the following sections:
  4. Initialize the data disk. Log in to the server and initialize the data disk before using it. For details about how to initialize the disk, see the following sections:

Parent topic: Getting Started