AutoPilot and cap
Let Fransys choose and add machines under a maximum budget, set your own groups, or keep a fixed number of machines.
Three ways to manage machines
Section titled “Three ways to manage machines”- AutoPilot, within a budget: Fransys picks the machines and adds more as load grows, never going over your cap.
- AutoPilot, with my machines: you choose the machine type; AutoPilot stays between each group’s minimum and maximum, depending on load.
- Choose myself: a fixed number of machines, with no automatic adjustment.
AutoPilot is available at any criticality, but never with a single machine: set the minimum to 2 machines or more, or switch to manual for a simple test.
The maximum budget
Section titled “The maximum budget”It’s not a spending target: it’s the cap the cluster must never exceed in a month. Once it’s reached, AutoPilot stops adding machines and lets you know by email.
- AutoPilot needs a minimum to run. The console shows it under the slider, with a suggested amount. Below it, the cluster can’t start.
- The cap covers servers and the Fransys share. Volumes, backups and IP addresses that your services add come on top.
Machine groups
Section titled “Machine groups”With AutoPilot, with my machines or Choose myself, you build groups: a machine type and a number, or a minimum and a maximum.
Machine types are sorted into Shared CPUs, Dedicated CPUs and With GPU. Each one shows its CPUs, its memory and its monthly price. A greyed-out machine type isn’t offered in the region.
When the cost goes over the cap
Section titled “When the cost goes over the cap”The cluster page flags it (“AutoPilot cap exceeded”), and so does the project page, with Review the cap. Raise the budget or reduce what’s running.
Change how machines are managed
Section titled “Change how machines are managed”In the cluster’s Change the configuration. The summary compares today’s planned price with the price after the change. The change is recorded in a plan under your name before it’s applied.