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Cloud Box:Release notes

Last Updated:Sep 28, 2023

This topic describes the release notes for CloudBox and provides links to the relevant references.

2023

August 2023

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Release date

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New region

CloudBox is available in the Singapore region.

2023-08-21

Associated regions

June 2023

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Description

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Best practices for configuring computing resources

CloudBox provides computing resources in computing stock keeping units (SKUs). You can select a computing SKU based on the computing power you require. You must balance between the costs and redundancy of the computing power. This helps meet your business requirements while reducing costs and improving the risk response capabilities of hardware.

2023-06-30

Best practices for configuring computing resources for a cloud box

New region

CloudBox is available in the China (Qingdao) region.

2023-06-21

Associated regions

March 2023

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Description

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Auto Scaling

CloudBox allows you to use Auto Scaling.

Auto Scaling is an Alibaba Cloud service that can automatically adjust computing power based on your business requirements and policies. You can use Auto Scaling to add Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances to your scaling group during peak hours to ensure sufficient computing power and remove ECS instances from your scaling group during off-peak hours to minimize resource costs.

2023-03-17

What is Auto Scaling?

Deployment sets

CloudBox allows you to use deployment sets.

A deployment set is a policy that controls the distribution of ECS instances. You can use a deployment set to distribute your instances across different physical servers to ensure service availability and implement disaster recovery.

2023-03-17

Overview

February 2023

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Description

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Official release on the International site

CloudBox is launched on the International site of Alibaba Cloud. You can purchase resources such as computing SKUs and the Elastic Block Storage (EBS) device online in the console. CloudBox provides features such as resource monitoring and auditing.

CloudBox is available in the following regions:

  • China (Hangzhou)

  • China (Shanghai)

  • China (Beijing)

  • China (Shenzhen)

  • China (Heyuan)

  • China (Chengdu)

  • China (Hong Kong)

2023-02-10

What is CloudBox?