Cloud Resource policy changes 2022-09-04 00:00:00 - 2023-03-19 00:00:00

CPU

CPU

CPU policy image

For Central Processing Unit configuration in our cloud platform we use Dual AMD Epyc 7401, Dual AMD Epyc 7352 or Single AMD Epyc 7401P for each host node
The difference between v(irtual)CPU and d(edicated)CPU is in the core usage guarantee.

vCPU means maximum 100% of 1x AMD Epyc 7401 Core and minimum 25% expressed by formula:
vCPU := 100% >= (1 x hostCPU) >= 25%

dCPU means 100% of dedicated 1x AMD Epyc 7401 Core expressed by formula:
dCPU := 1 x hostCPU

hostCPU is 1 Physical Core of 1 (one) AMD Epyc 7401 processor

RAM

RAM

RAM policy image

We use DDR4 ECC Registered RAM with at least 2666Mhz rate for all types of RAM allocation

vMEM Memory is provided by virtual allocation with direct provision of used blocks of host physical RAM:
1MiB vMEM | 1MiB dMEM := Dedup(1MiB hostRAM - zeroBytes)

dMEM Memory is provided by preallocation of host physical RAM:
1MiB dMEM := 1MiB hostRAM

hostRAM means physical system ram presented by hypervisor host system
zeroBytes means bytes not containing any data (allocated but empty memory pages)
Dedup means data which is found in other hostRAM pages will not be duplicated but referenced

vMEM is virtually allocated on the host system and presented to the instance by reference through hypervisor.
dMEM is preallocated on the host system.

SPACE

SPACE

vNVME, vSSD or vHDD space imposes different limits in size, iops and bandwidth on the vBLOCK device.

SSD policy image

In the plan listing we only specify the interface without specifying that it is a block device, because interface implies using a block device.
This means vBLOCK applies to any Cloud virtual plan and pBLOCK dBLOCK applies to any Cloud dedicated plan:

vBLOCK Device space is provided by virtual allocation with direct provision of used blocks of host LVM volumes:
1MiB vBlock := Dedup(1MiB hostBlock - zeroBytes)

pBLOCK dBLOCK Device space is provided by direct allocation of host LVM volumes:
1MiB pBlock dBlock := 1MiB hostBlock

vBLOCK devices = any interfaces prepended with v
pBLOCK dBLOCK devices = any interfaces prepended with p

d_

Limits and QoS are imposed on all types of IO operations: Sequential Write, Sequential Read, Random Write, Random Read, Mixed.
Interfaces limits in detail:

vNVME := 1200000 400.000 >= IOPS >= 700
7000
vNVME := 15000MB/s 4.000MB/s >= IOBW >= 75MB/s**

100MB/s**

vSSD := 120000 20.000 >= IOPS >= 100
400
vSSD := 2500MB/s 500MB/s >= IOBW >= 7MB/s**

vHDD 50MB/s

dNVME := 12000 1.800.000 >= IOPS >= 10
vHDD 100.000
dNVME := 750MB/s 15.000MB/s >= IOBW >= 0.7MB/s

pNVME 700MB/s

dSSD := 1200000 170.000 >= IOPS >= 1500
pNVME 10.000
dSSD := 15000MB/s 2.500MB/s >= IOBW >= 155MB/s

pSSD := 120000 >= IOPS >= 250
pSSD := 2500MB/s >= IOBW >= 25MB/s

pHDD := 12000 >= IOPS >= 25
pHDD := 750MB/s >= IOBW >= 7MB/s

250MB/s**

NVMe Devices used but not limited to Intel P4510, Micron 9300MAX.
SSD Devices used but not limited to Micron 1100. \r\nHDD Devices used but not limited to Hitachi Ultrastar.\r\n\r\n

IOPS = input output operations per second
IOBW = input output bandwidth in MB/s

Here's a table of currently setup limits for plans:

Plan Total IOPS Read MB/s Write MB/s
Camp (discontinued) 10000 250 250
Base Commerce 10000 1250 1250
Outpost Commerce 20000 1250 1250
Station Commerce 40000 2500 2500
Port Commerce 160000 4000 4000
Base Compute 15000 800 800
Outpost Compute 15000 800 800
Station Compute 15000 800 800
Port Compute 15000 800 800
Base Transit 100 100 100
Outpost Transit 100 100 100
Station Transit 100 100 100
Port Transit 100 100 100

### NETWORK

We use Dual 2x 10Gbit/s bonding LAG or 2x 40Gbit/s LAG uplink to each host node. This section describes only the virtualized devices and their share of uplink resources.

vNET := IF (NTB > 0) THEN (10Gbit/s duplex >= vBW >= 10Mbit/s 100Mbit/s duplex) ELSE (vBW = 10Mbit/s duplex)
pNET := 10Gbit/s duplex >= vBW >= NBW * 1Mbit/s duplex

Cloud instances share bandwidth with a guaranteed minimum of 400Mbps of uplink. The maximum available to instance is subject to hard limit at 30% of total node capacity and instance CPU performance.

vNET, pNET = virtual machine interface represented by tap device in virtualization host system
vBW = available bandwidth
NTB = amount of available traffic in TB
NBW = chosen network speed plan

Please note that:
note:_
Due to the nature of internet transit and peering the bandwidth which leaves and reaches our network externally depends on transit and peering of other networks as well and provided with our highest quality effort. Before well. That is before filing a Resource Policy Investigation Case (RPIC) please ensure that the problem occurs within our network (ServerAstra AS56322) network. Tools like traceroute, mtr and ping will help you identify the issue and present us with a compelling case to escalate to network engineers.