How to add a Plan in SolusVM 2 ?

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How to add a Plan in SolusVM 2 ?

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Plans are templates according to which servers are deployed. Plans configure what amount of resources (CPU, RAM, and disk space) will be allocated to servers and which storage type a compute resource will have.

To add a plan:

1. Go to Compute Resources > Plans and click Add Plan.
2. Give your plan a recognizable name.
3. Select a storage type:
   File Based, LVM, and ThinLVM are local storage types. They define how the compute resource's disk is partitioned and its data is packed. 
   NFS - is a remote storage type.

There are various reasons why you may prefer one storage type over another. However, we recommend that you take the following considerations into account:

Note: Each storage requires that you configure a storage point for it (a directory, a volume group, a thin pool, or a separate server with mounted NFS). If you do not have experience with any of that, select File Based. In this case, SolusVM 2 can create a storage point for you. To be able to create snapshots, select "File Based" and "qcow2", or "LVM" or "ThinLVM" and "raw". A snapshot is a copy of a server at a particular point in time. If anything goes wrong with the server (for example, after software update), you can return to the successful server configuration by restoring a snapshot.

Note: To save resources and deploy a maximum number of servers, select ThinLVM.

Compute resources require that you monitor the resources consumed by customers to prevent overusing resources. ThinLVM requires additional efforts to monitor available disk space. To make monitoring easier, select either FB or LVM.

Note: To share a storage point between multiple compute resources, select NFS. However, certain operations may take more time and servers may run slower because NFS is a remote storage type.

If you selected File Based or NFS during the previous step, select an image format: qcow2 or raw. With qcow2, you can enable snapshots.

• Type a number of tokens. The tokens are units used to calculate and show the exact price for a plan for customers.
• Specify the desired amount of virtual CPU, storage (HDD), and memory.

Locations, Operating Systems, and Application fields define for which locations, OS versions, and applications the plan can be used. Locations, Operating Systems, and Applications that are not bound with the plan will be visible but can’t be selected for new virtual server creation.

Warning: For further steps and additional description check here:  Adding-a-plan