Disk-intensive ECSs

Overview

D2 ECSs are developed based on KVM virtualization. They use local storage and provide high storage performance and intranet bandwidth for distributed Hadoop computing, large data warehouse, distributed file system, and log/data processing.

Specifications

Table 1 D2 ECS specifications

Flavor

vCPUs

Memory

(GiB)

Max./Assured Bandwidth

(Gbit/s)

Max. PPS

(10,000)

Max. NIC Queues

Virtualization

Local Disks

(GiB)

Hardware

d2.xlarge.8

4

32

4/1.4

40

2

KVM

2 x 1675

CPU: Intel® Xeon® Gold 6151

d2.2xlarge.8

8

64

6/2.8

80

4

KVM

4 x 1675

d2.4xlarge.8

16

128

10/5.6

160

6

KVM

8 x 1675

d2.6xlarge.8

24

192

15/8.5

250

8

KVM

12 x 1675

d2.8xlarge.8

32

256

17/11

320

8

KVM

16 x 1675

d2.15xlarge.9

60

540

17/17

500

16

KVM

24 x 1675

Scenarios

  • Applications

    Disk-intensive ECSs are suitable for applications that require large volumes of data to process, high I/O performance, and rapid data switching and processing.

  • Application scenarios

    Big data computing, network file systems, data processing, MapReduce, Hadoop, and data-intensive computing

Features of D2 ECSs

  • D2 ECSs use local disks to provide high sequential read/write performance and low latency, improving file read/write performance.

  • D2 ECSs provide powerful and stable computing capabilities, ensuring efficient data processing.

  • D2 ECSs with a vCPU/memory ratio of 1:8 process large volumes of data.

  • D2 ECSs provide high intranet performance, including high intranet bandwidth and PPS, meeting requirements for data exchange between ECSs during peak hours.

  • Each D2 ECS supports a maximum configuration of 24 local disks, 60 vCPUs, and 540 GiB memory.

Table 2 Specifications of a Single SAS HDD Disk Attached to a D2 ECS

Metric

Performance

Disk capacity

1,675 GiB

Maximum throughput

230 MBps

Access latency

Within milliseconds

Notes

  • Table 3 lists the OSs supported by disk-intensive ECSs.

    Table 3 Supported OS versions

    OS

    Version

    Alma

    Alma 8 64bit

    CentOS

    • CentOS Stream 8.6 64bit

    • CentOS 7.9 64bit

    • CentOS 7.7 64bit

    Debian

    • Debian GNU/Linux 11 64bit

    • Debian GNU/Linux 10 64bit

    EulerOS

    EulerOS 2.5 64bit

    Fedora

    • Fedora 35 64bit

    • Fedora 34 64bit

    • Fedora 33 64bit

    OpenSUSE

    OpenSUSE 15.3 64bit

    Oracle Linux

    • Oracle Linux Server release 8.4 64bit

    • Oracle Linux Server release 7.6 64bit

    Red Hat

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 64bit

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 64bit

    Rocky

    Rocky 8 64bit

    SUSE

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 64bit

    SUSE-SAP

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 64bit

    • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 64bit

    Ubuntu

    • Ubuntu 20.04 server 64bit

    • Ubuntu 18.04 server 64bit

    Windows

    • Windows Server 2019 Standard 64bit

    • Windows Server 2016 Standard 64bit

    • Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64bit

    openEuler

    openEuler 20.03 64bit

  • When the physical server where a D2 ECS is deployed becomes faulty, the ECS cannot be migrated.

  • To improve network performance, you can set the NIC MTU of a D2 ECS to 8888.

  • D2 ECSs do not support specifications modification.

  • D2 ECSs do not support local disk snapshots or backups.

  • D2 ECSs do not support OS reinstallation or change.

  • D2 ECSs can use both local disks and EVS disks to store data. In addition, they can have EVS disks attached to provide a larger storage size. Use restrictions on the two types of storage media are as follows:

    • Only an EVS disk, not a local disk, can be used as the system disk of a D2 ECS.

    • Both EVS disks and local disks can be used as data disks of a D2 ECS.

    • A maximum of 60 disks (including VBD, SCSI, and local disks) can be attached to a D2 ECS. Among the 60 disks, the maximum number of SCSI disks is 30, and the VBD disks (including the system disk) is 24. For details, see Can I Attach Multiple Disks to an ECS?

      Note

      The maximum number of disks attached to an existing D2 ECS remains unchanged. To attach 60 disks, enable advanced disk. For details, see Enabling Advanced Disk.

    • You are advised to use World Wide Names (WWNs), but not drive letters, in applications to perform operations on local disks to prevent drive letter drift (low probability) on Linux. Take local disk attachment as an example:

      If the local disk WWN is wwn-0x50014ee2b14249f6, run the mount /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x50014ee2b14249f6 command.

      Note

      How can I view the local disk WWN?

      1. Log in to the ECS.

      2. Run the following command:

        ll /dev/disk/by-id

  • The local disk data of a D2 ECS may be lost due to some reasons, such as physical server breakdown or local disk damage. If your application does not use the data reliability architecture, it is a good practice to use EVS disks to build your ECS.

  • When a D2 ECS is deleted, its local disk data is automatically deleted. Back up the data before deleting such an ECS. Deleting local disk data is time-consuming, so releasing resources is slow.

  • Do not store long-term service data in local disks. Instead, back up data in a timely manner and use a high availability data architecture. Store long-term service data in EVS disks.

  • Local disks can only be purchased during ECS creation. The quantity and capacity of your local disks are determined according to the specifications of your ECS.