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Alibaba Cloud ESSD Disk Commercialization Notice
Posted Date 06/28/2019
Dear Alibaba Cloud users:
We are glad to introduce you to the ESSD (Enhanced SSD) cloud disk of Alibaba Cloud. ESSD cloud disk has finished its open beta program, and was made public on June 28, 2019. Three types of ESSD cloud disk are offered as follows:
Please see this page for the updated price list. Since during the open beta period, ESSD cloud disk has only one storage type, if you are using ESSD cloud disks that are created before June 28, they are recognized as PL1 type and the billing rule remains unchanged. However, any ESSD cloud disk created after June 28 should refer to the latest disk types and billing rules. We recommend that you choose ESSD cloud disk types on-demand, so as to avoid unnecessary costs. For more information choosing the type of ESSD cloud disk, please see the Block storage FAQ. Thanks for your attention!
We are glad to introduce you to the ESSD (Enhanced SSD) cloud disk of Alibaba Cloud. ESSD cloud disk has finished its open beta program, and was made public on June 28, 2019. Three types of ESSD cloud disk are offered as follows:
ESSD type | Maximum performance | Performance formula | Capacity range |
PL1 | Max IOPS=50000;Max Throughput=350MB | IOPS=min{1800+50*Capacity,50000}; Throughput=min{120+0.5*Capacity,350}MBps | 20GiB-32768GiB |
PL2 | Max IOPS=100000;Max Throughput=750MB | IOPS=min{1800+50*Capacity,100000}; Throughput=min{120+0.5*Capacity,750}MBps | 461GiB-32768GiB |
PL3 | Max IOPS=1000000; Max Throughput=4000MB | IOPS=min{1800+50*Capacity,1000000}; Throughput=min{120+0.5*Capacity,4000}MBps | 1261GiB-32768GiB |
Please see this page for the updated price list. Since during the open beta period, ESSD cloud disk has only one storage type, if you are using ESSD cloud disks that are created before June 28, they are recognized as PL1 type and the billing rule remains unchanged. However, any ESSD cloud disk created after June 28 should refer to the latest disk types and billing rules. We recommend that you choose ESSD cloud disk types on-demand, so as to avoid unnecessary costs. For more information choosing the type of ESSD cloud disk, please see the Block storage FAQ. Thanks for your attention!