Flavor classes for OnMetal cloud servers

To create your server as an OnMetal™ server, open the OnMetal™ Server tab on the Create Server page of the Cloud Control Panel.

Click the OnMetal Server tab to begin creating an OnMetal server.

You can choose OnMetal™ Server flavor classes optimized for I/O, memory, or compute resources:

• OnMetal I/O is optimized for large relational databases, noSQL data stores,and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications.

  OnMetal I/O servers are designed to support low-latency and extreme throughput to local storage, using a pair of the fastest PCIe flash cards available.

• OnMetal Memory is optimized for large-scale caches, index searches, and in-memory analytics.

  OnMetal Memory servers are designed for memory-intensive workloads such as Memcached and Redis. 512 GB servers and a low-latency 10 GB/s network enable modern architectures with the entire working set in RAM.

• OnMetal Compute is optimized for high-traffic web servers, application servers, load balancers, and queue processing.

  OnMetal Compute servers are designed for connection handling and CPU-heavy workloads such as web serving. With high speeds, plenty of cores and a low-latency 10 GB/s network, OnMetal Compute is perfect for rendering web pages or pushing packets.

See also

Using flavors to create a new cloud server Changing the characteristics of a cloud server Monitoring events on your cloud server Creating a cloud server in a region Handling host-related issues Operating a cloud server with nova-agent Configuring disks for a cloud server Managing access with SSH keys Synchronizing time with NTP Describing a cloud server with metadata: Setting and updating metadata Showing metadata

Understanding flavor classes: Flavor classes for virtual cloud servers Flavor classes for OnMetal cloud servers Choosing a flavor class Checking for regional availability of flavor classes Controlling cloud server initiation: Controlling boot behavior with cloud-init Controlling boot behavior with a config drive Controlling boot behavior with personality

Understanding Cloud Servers introduces key ideas. To learn how to put these ideas to work, start at Actions for Cloud Servers.