Enjoy exclusive public cloud services in the local computer room, and explain in detail Alibaba Cloud's localized deployment service cloud box

Introduction to a public cloud localized deployment service integrating software and hardware. Alibaba Cloud Cloud Box uses the same architecture as the public cloud to provide users with products and consistent experience consistent with the public cloud, while satisfying the local deployment and massive amount of customer data Data processing nearby, business low latency and other requirements.

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On June 30, Alibaba Cloud announced that its localized deployment service, Alibaba Cloud Cloud Box, was officially launched. From now on, users can purchase via the official website of Alibaba Cloud.

Cloud migration has become a trend in various industries. With the rapid development of big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, 5G and other technologies, most companies list digital transformation as a priority strategy for enterprises, and cloud migration is an important part of it. However, due to restrictions on compliance, bandwidth, latency, and cost requirements, some companies need to deploy part of their services in the local computer room, but at the same time they hope to get a consistent use experience of the public cloud in the local computer room. Cloud Box was born to solve this problem.

Cloud Box is an extension of Alibaba Cloud's public cloud. It is deployed in the user's data center, allowing users to enjoy exclusive public cloud services in their own computer room.

Cloud Box: An extension of the public cloud, a consistent experience

As a public cloud localized deployment service integrating software and hardware, Alibaba Cloud Cloud Box uses the same architecture as the public cloud to provide users with products and experience consistent with the public cloud. At the same time, it meets the needs of local deployment of customer data, nearby processing of massive data, Business needs such as low latency.

In terms of technical architecture, the cloud box is based on Alibaba Cloud’s self-developed Shenlong architecture, which can not only help users obtain elastic scalability in the local computer room, but also obtain powerful computing power, high I/O performance and stability; With millions of servers and decades of data accumulation, with the support of Dharma Academy's algorithm, failure prediction of servers in the cloud box can even be carried out in advance, with an accuracy rate of more than 70%.

At the same time, Alibaba Cloud's self-developed network equipment is used to connect the cloud box with local IT facilities to meet the needs of ultra-low latency networks.

In terms of experience, users can manage the entire life cycle of computing, network, and storage in the cloud box through the console of the public cloud; share a set of account systems, and share resources on and off the cloud through cross-account methods, making it very convenient for customers to use .

At present, the cloud box mainly provides three basic products: computing, storage, and network; other PaaS and SaaS products can also be deployed to the cloud box on the public cloud console as needed.

Proprietary network VPC interconnection, both compliance and convenience

In terms of security, the cloud box naturally inherits the security measures of public cloud security groups, key pairs, and basic protection. Secondly, all operations in the cloud box can be checked and audited through the public cloud console.

Compliance is one of the important reasons why some companies deploy their business in their own computer room. Users can use Alibaba Cloud Cloud Box to store data in the local computer room to achieve enterprise-level network isolation and direct intranet access to applications, which satisfies special requirements. Regulatory needs of industry customers.

In addition to this, the cloud box is extremely flexible. Through the private network (VPC), the cloud box is interconnected with the public cloud to achieve seamless migration of services from the cloud to the cloud; at the same time, the instances in the cloud box are seamlessly interconnected with the user's local IDC through the switch, and the theoretical maximum physical bandwidth Up to 160G.

Cloud Box currently provides three-year full prepaid and semi-prepaid methods to help customers avoid one-time investment in self-built IDC computer rooms. After the customer places an order to purchase the cloud box at the public cloud console, Alibaba Cloud will pre-install the software and hardware in the factory according to the corresponding amount of resources, and then deliver it to the data center designated by the customer in the form of a complete cabinet.

After Alibaba Cloud engineers perform simple installation and commissioning on site, users can view and manage the cloud resources in the cloud box on the public cloud console.

Designed for scenarios such as local data processing and low latency

It has become a trend for various industries to go to the cloud. Public cloud has the characteristics of flexibility and convenience, which can help customers enjoy the latest technology in the fastest way. However, whether it is domestic or foreign, there are a large number of enterprises whose workloads may need to be deployed in internal data centers. Therefore, Alibaba Cloud has launched the cloud box product, which has the advantages of both. According to Alibaba Cloud's elastic computing product experts, the cloud box has four main application scenarios:

1. Data needs to be processed locally: cannot transmit data to public cloud processing due to bandwidth, cost, data volume, time and other factors, such as local AI model training, video industry parks, etc.
2. Low latency: local equipment needs to interact with the control system quickly and in real time, such as industrial manufacturing, warehouse management, etc.
3. Compliance requirements: Some special industries need to deploy data in the park or local computer room, such as industry associations, transportation aviation, hospitals, etc.
4. Multiple branches: IT infrastructures are distributed in different regions or areas that are not convenient for operation and maintenance, and require unified management of operation and maintenance to reduce operation and maintenance costs, such as smart communities, factories, highway monitoring, etc.

In fact, the computing requirements of enterprises have expanded from "full coverage of scenes" to "ubiquity of locations". Alibaba Cloud has deployed the ability to cover all scenarios of "cloud, edge, and end", and launched cloud boxes and local regions. A series of new deployment and operation forms. In the future, Alibaba Cloud will extend the public cloud to a broader space, and work with customers to prepare for the upcoming edge computing and 5G era.

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