Kingsoft Cloud Elastic Compute
Kingsoft Cloud Elastic Compute (KEC) is an important part of the cloud computing infrastructure provided by Kingsoft Cloud. KEC provides flexible and scalable processing capacity and helps developers easily perform Internet-scale computing and deploy needed server environment. Compared with physical servers, KEC instances are easier to use and provides higher operations and maintenance (O&M) efficiency. You can change the configurations of your KEC instances based on business needs.
Benefits
High Availability
KEC delivers 99.95% availability for instances and at least 99.999% data reliability for local disks.
Multiple Types
Multiple types of KEC instances are provided to cater to diversified business needs.
Scalability
KEC allows you to flexibly scale out resources. You can purchase resources based on your needs. This helps save your operation cost and improve resource utilization.
Security
KEC instances bound with elastic IP addresses (EIPs) offer up to 5 Gbit/s DDoS protection free of charge. Kingsoft Cloud Host Security (KHS) protects servers and websites against brute-force attacks and Trojan viruses and fixes system vulnerabilities and website vulnerabilities.
Disaster Recovery
Your KEC instances are deployed on different physical servers to further ensure the high availability of services.
Multiple Availability Zones
Fault isolation among availability zones is provided to ensure continuous business, achieving high availability of services in the same region.
Features
Disaster Tolerance Group
KEC instances are physically dispersed to ensure high availability. You can add or remove an instance at any time.
Quick Creation
You can create KEC instances with a few simple operations and start a hundred KEC instances in minutes.
Flexible Upgrade
You can upgrade the CPU, memory, and disk configurations of your KEC instances at any time.
Backup and Recovery
You can back up data in your system and data disks and recover data from backups.
Private Network
KEC allows you to deploy KEC instances in a virtual private cloud (VPC). You can flexibly plan your network of KEC instances to build a private space in Kingsoft Cloud.
Monitoring Statistics
KEC allows you to customize the thresholds for a variety of monitoring metrics. When the threshold of a specific metric is reached, KEC sends alarms to you through emails and SMS messages.
Image Customization
KEC allows you to create an instance and reinstall the system from a custom image.
Product Updates
1
Image Market
2018-08-07
New Features
2
System Disk with a Variable Size
2018-10-22
New Features
3
Pay-As-You-Go (No Fees upon Shutdown)
2019-02-18
New Features
4
Local System Capacity Expansion
2019-04-22
New Features
5
Instance Templates
2019-06-10
New Features
6
4th-Gen KEC Instances
I/O Optimized I4, Compute Optimized C4, and Standard S4 are released.
2019-11-06
New Features
7
Spot Instances
A new billing mode for KEC instances.
2019-12-03
New Features
8
Migrate a Public KEC Instance to a Dedicated Host
2020-06-30
New Features
9
Reserved Instance Package
2020-12-10
New Features
10
Elastic Network Interface (ENI)
2020-12-10
New Features
11
Custom Image Caching
2020-12-10
New Features
12
Support for a 32 TB EBS Volume
2020-12-10
New Features
13
Support for Up to Seven Secondary ENIs
2021-01-12
New Features
14
Local Images Can Be Used for Quick Instance Startup
2021-02-25
New Features
15
The "Use Same Configuration" Feature Released
2021-03-30
New Features
Scenarios
General scenario
Professional Scenarios
High I/O Scenarios
General scenario
Official websites, lightweight web applications, and small databases
Deployment Suggestion
Web services, applications, and databases that have general requirements for CPU, memory, and bandwidth can first be deployed on one or a few KEC instances. As your business grows, you can either add more KEC instances or upgrade the configurations of the current instances at any time to handle data requests during business surges.
Professional Scenarios
Websites and applications that offer rich media content.
Deployment Suggestion
Pair KEC with Kingsoft Cloud Standard Storage Service (KS3). KEC hosts websites and applications that contain tons of images and videos. KS3 stores static images, videos, or downloadables. This combination enables storage of massive data at low costs. In addition, activate Kingsoft Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Server Load Balancing (SLB) to cut down user access latency, reduce bandwidth costs, and improve availability.
High I/O Scenarios
High I/O applications such as self-built databases.
Deployment Suggestion
Create an I/O Optimized KEC instance that has high specifications and use it with local SSDs and SLB to ensure fast response to high I/O concurrency with higher data reliability and service availability.
Quick Start
Log In to the KEC Console
Use a Kingsoft Cloud account to log in to the KEC console. For more information about how to create a Kingsoft Cloud account, see Registration and authentication.
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Purchase a KEC Instance
Create and purchase your KEC instance in the KEC console.
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Connect to a KEC Instance
Connect to a KEC instance through WebVNC, SSH, or remote connection and complete follow-up operations.
03
Mount a Data Disk
Mount a local data disk in the operating system of your KEC instance.
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Customers
Dangdang
Dangdang, a well-known integrated online shopping mall, is jointly invested and established by Beijing Dangdang Kewen Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd (a famous publisher in China), US-headquartered Tiger Management Corp., and SIG Asia Investments (formerly known as Softbank China Venture Capital).
RongCloud
RongCloud is a provider of global rich media instant messaging services. It is committed to providing secure, stable, reliable, and global instant messaging cloud services for developers and enterprises.