<p class="shortdesc">When you use the ECS, you can create an EBS disk separately through the console if you want to add one or more data disks. </p> <section class="section prereq" id="separately__prereq_tgv_lm3_rlb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Before you begin</h2></div> <p class="p">The separately created EBS disk will use the pay-per-use billing mode. Therefore, your account balance should be no less than 200 yuan or equivalent value of vouchers. Otherwise, you cannot make the payment and will fail to create the disk. </p> </section> <section class="section context"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">About this task</h2></div> <p class="p">When you create an ECS instance, you can also create an EBS disk to store data. In addition to this method, you can also create an EBS disk separately, and mount it to a designated cloud server. </p> <div class="note note note_note"><span class="note__title">Note:</span> The separately created EBS disk can be used only as a data disk and adopt the pay-per-use billing mode. </div> </section> <section class="section attention" id="separately__nkh_2m3_rlb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Attention</h2></div> <p class="p">EBS disks can be mounted only to ECS instances in the same availability zone. Once a disk is created, you cannot change the availability zone of the disk. Select the zone with caution. </p> </section> <section class="section limitation" id="separately__okh_2m3_rlb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Limitation</h2></div> <ul class="ul" id="separately__ul_cr4_mm3_rlb"> <li class="li">The maximum size of all EBS disks mounted to each ECS instance is 6 T. </li> <li class="li">Five EBS disks can be mounted to each ECS instance. </li> <li class="li">The maximum size of a single EBS disk is 2000 G. </li> <li class="li">You cannot create a monthly EBS disk separately.</li> </ul> </section> <section><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Procedure</h2></div><ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand" id="separately__step_gwd_2p3_rlb"> <span class="ph cmd">Log in to the <a class="xref" href="/console/ecs/overview" target="_blank">ECS Console</a>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand" id="separately__step_qyj_2p3_rlb"> <span class="ph cmd">In the left navigation pane, click <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Block Storage</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Disk</span></span>. </span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand" id="separately__step_tjh_jp3_rlb"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">+Create</span> in the upper-right corner.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">On the <span class="keyword wintitle">Create Disk</span> page, complete the following configuration.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="separately__image_wgx_xn3_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171844-186da8ff98af.png" width="800"> <ul class="ul" id="separately__ul_zff_qm3_rlb"> <li class="li" id="separately__li_shh_kp3_rlb"><span class="ph uicontrol">Region</span> and <span class="ph uicontrol">Zone</span>: Select the region and availability zone where the disk is located. <div class="note important note_important"><span class="note__title">Important:</span> EBS disks can be mounted only to ECS instances in the same region and the same availability zone. Once a disk is created, you cannot change the availability zone of the disk. Select the zone with caution.</div></li> <li class="li" id="separately__li_cqm_kp3_rlb"><span class="ph uicontrol">Disk</span>: Select the type, capacity (20~2000 GB), and quantity (a maximum of 5) of the disk. </li> <li class="li" id="separately__li_alx_kp3_rlb"><span class="ph uicontrol">Instance</span>: Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Select Instance</span>. On the page that opens, tick the ECS instance to be mounted to, and then click <span class="ph uicontrol">Confirm</span>. <img class="image" id="separately__image_k4q_r43_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171844-1132af849f72.png" width="800"></li> </ul> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand" id="separately__step_qvf_lp3_rlb"> <span class="ph cmd">The completed configuration information will be displayed in the <span class="ph uicontrol">List</span> on the right. Confirm the information, and then click <span class="ph uicontrol">Purchase</span>. </span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand" id="separately__step_sgk_lp3_rlb"> <span class="ph cmd">On the <span class="keyword wintitle">Order Confirm</span> page, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Confirm Open</span>. </span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand" id="separately__step_ms4_lp3_rlb"> <span class="ph cmd">After you make the payment, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Management Console</span> to go back to the <span class="keyword wintitle">Disk Management</span> page. </span> </li></ol></section> <section class="section result" id="separately__result_qbj_nn3_rlb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Results</h2></div> <p class="p">You can see the EBS disk just created on the <span class="keyword wintitle">Disk Management</span> page. Click the pencil icon after the disk name to add description of the disk. </p> <p class="p">After 2 to 3 minutes, the status of the disk changes from <span class="ph uicontrol">Pending</span> to <span class="ph uicontrol">Using</span>. </p> <img class="image" id="separately__image_qpj_t43_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171844-1ecd1f1e9b27.png" width="800"> </section>