Key Concepts

Disk Name

User-defined name of the cloud disk.

Disk Capacity

The size of the cloud disk.

Mount Point

The position where the cloud disk is mounted on the cloud host.

Resource ID

After the user creates a cloud disk, the system will automatically generate a resource ID, which is globally unique.

Expansion

When the capacity of the cloud disk is unable to support the business, you can upgrade the cloud disk by expansion.

Mounting and Unmounting

The operations of the user to mount the cloud disk to the cloud host and unmount the cloud disk from the cloud host.

Snapshot

A snapshot is an effective disk management function to prevent data loss and protect data integrity.

Through creating a snapshot of cloud disk in seconds, you can keep the state of a certain point in time of the cloud disk, and create a new cloud disk from the snapshot when you need to restore it.

Offline (Windows)

The dismount operation of the cloud disk.