Updated on 2025-07-30 GMT+08:00

Overview

Scenarios

ECSs are more cost-effective than physical servers. Within minutes, you can obtain ECS resources from the cloud service platform. ECS resources are flexible and can be scaled on demand. This section describes how to purchase an ECS on the management console.

Procedure for a custom purchase:

Note

Dedicated physical resources

To run an ECS on isolated physical hardware, apply for a Dedicated Computing Cluster (DCC) before creating the ECS.

For details about DCC, see Dedicated Computing Cluster User Guide.