Elastic Container Instance (ECI) is an agile and secure serverless container instance service. You can easily run containers without managing servers. Also you only pay for the resources that have been consumed by the containers. ECI helps you focus on your business applications instead of managing infrastructure.
Benefits
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Serverless Containers
With ECI, you can focus on business development and innovation without the need to create clusters and manage the infrastructure.
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Flexible Deployment
Containers with custom specifications can be created and automatically scaled up within seconds during traffic spikes.
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Community Compatibility
ECI works with Kubernetes clusters through Virtual Kubelet.
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Service Integration
ECI has integrated Alibaba Cloud services, such as VPC, Log Service, and CloudMonitor.
Features
Container Infrastructure Management
To run containers, you only need to provide container images, without the need to manage the servers that run the containers.
Run Containers without Managing Servers
You can run containers without the need to manage clusters and maintain the servers that run the containers.
Compute Capability Declaration
To schedule and deploy resources, you only need to declare the compute capability.
Custom Specifications
Multiple container group specifications are available. You can choose to add containers of different specifications to a container group as needed.
Minimum Container Specification
Containers have a minimum specification of 0.25 vCPU and 0.5 GB memory.
Minimum Container Group Specification
Container groups have a minimum specification of 1 vCPU and 2 GB memory.
Maximum Specification
Both containers and container groups have a maximum specification of 4 vCPUs and 16 GB memory.
Billing Per-usage and Per-second
This service is billed based on the container instance running time and the amount of resources that the instance has consumed during the running time.
Billing Per-usage
Fees are calculated based on the container instance running time.
Billing Per-second
Per-second billing is used and the billing cycle is 1 hour.
Quick Auto Scaling
You can start multiple containers and deploy these containers in seconds.
Quick Response
Containers can be created and up-scaled in seconds for demanding workloads.
Custom Auto Scaling Rules
Multiple rules and scaling group specifications are available for auto scaling.
Compatibility with Kubernetes
You can use the Kubernetes API to schedule container instances as pods.
Compatibility with Pod
Based on Virtual Kubelet, ECI supports the Kubernetes API.
Support for Kubernetes Clusters
ECI allows you to create Kubernetes clusters.
Scenarios
Elastic Bursting
Automatically scales up compute capacity during traffic spikes.
You can use ECI to automatically provision additional compute resources for your business to avoid system failures during traffic spikes and prevent resource waste due to excessive resource provisioning.
Benefits
Simplicity and Management
Quickly provisions compute resources and complies with Kubernetes.
Fast Startup and Up-scaling
Containers can be started and scaled up in seconds.
Usage on Demand
You can release container instances as needed, without the need to provision underlying resources.
Data Processing Tasks
Large Amounts of Online Data Processing Tasks
Based on business data processing needs, ECI can create a large number of nodes in a short period of time to handle big data and online AI requests.
Benefits
Hybrid Scheduling
ECI supports hybrid scheduling and deployment of CPU/GPU resources and virtual machines/bare metal servers.
Scalable Tasks
Multiple container group specifications are available, allowing you to encapsulate container groups into tasks for applications and services.
Billing Per-usage
Container instances are billed based on the their running time and the actual usage of resources.
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Large Amounts of Online Data Processing Tasks
Based on business data processing needs, ECI can create a large number of nodes in a short period of time to handle big data and online AI requests.
Benefits
DevOps Automation
ECI supports automation and up-scaling without the need to create and maintain clusters.
Environment Consistency
Containerized immutable infrastructure is supported.
Deep Integration
ECI provides a set of debugging, monitoring, and log analysis tools.
Related Products
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Event-driven Serverless Container Engine
Serverless Container Infrastructure
The container infrastructure is serverless and event-driven. It is capable of cost-effectively handling highly concurrent container instance schedules and events.
Benefits
Complex Task Scheduling
Provides a stable environment to run complex tasks.
Auto Scaling
Containers can be started and automatically scaled up in seconds.
Billing Per-usage
Container instances are billed based on the their running time and the actual usage of resources.
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