Today, we’re announcing two new super-sized (and imaginatively-titled!) Server Types, XL and XXL, which are available for you to use right away.
In Brightbox, server types are the
templates you use to define the RAM, CPU and storage
specifications for your Cloud Servers. You can see the options
available using the brightbox-types cli command.
With all this extra RAM and CPU, plus our RAID6 15k RPM SAS disk configuration and battery-backed write cache, these new server types are great for large MySQL clusters or similar.
The table below shows the specs of the new XL and XXL server types. See our pricing page for further pricing details.
| Server Type | RAM (MB) | Disk (GB) | CPU cores | Price (Linux etc) | Price (Windows) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XL | 16384 | 640 | 8 | £0.80 per hour | £0.992 per hour |
| XXL | 32768 | 1280 | 8 | £1.60 per hour | £1.984 per hour |
You can view the new types straightaway…
jeremy:~ $ brightbox-types list
id name handle ram disk cores
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typ-4nssg Brightbox Nano Instance nano 512 20480 2
typ-iqisj Brightbox Mini Instance mini 1024 40960 4
typ-urtky Brightbox Small Instance small 2048 81920 4
typ-qdiwq Brightbox Medium Instance medium 4096 163840 8
typ-mlbt7 Brightbox Large Instance large 8192 327680 8
typ-wdicw Brightbox XL Instance xl 16384 655360 8
typ-lr76m Brightbox XXL Instance xxl 32768 1310720 8
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…and use them to build new Cloud Servers in the usual way, by specifying one of the new server types…
jeremy:~ $ brightbox-servers create -t xl img-ofzk3
Creating a xl (typ-wdicw) server with image Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS server (img-ofzk3)
id status type zone created_on image_id cloud_ip_ids name
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srv-fmp7e creating xl gb1-a 2012-03-13 img-ofzk3
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If you’ve not yet experienced Brightbox, now’s a perfect time to sign up! - it takes less than 2 minutes and you only pay for what you use.