Processor Types on OMC Cloud: How to Choose, and What Each Costs

Short version: OMC Cloud offers four processor types. Type A (Availability) shares CPU cores without guaranteed resources and starts at $4/month. Type B (General Purpose) gives you dedicated cores with guaranteed resources from $9/month. Type T (Burstable) uses dedicated cores and bills extra only when average CPU use goes above 10%. Type D (Dedicated) gives you whole dedicated cores (2 threads each) from $19/month for production workloads.

Which processor type should you choose?

• Type A, Availability: non-dedicated cores, no guaranteed resources. 1–32 vCPUs, 1–128 GB RAM. From $0.00054/hour or $4/month.
• Type B, General Purpose: dedicated cores, guaranteed resources. 1–104 vCPUs, 1–512 GB RAM. From $0.0123/hour or $9/month.
• Type T, Burstable: dedicated cores, guaranteed resources, extra charge above 10% average CPU. 1–104 vCPUs, 1–512 GB RAM. From $0.0123/hour + $0.041/hour per CPU.
• Type D, Dedicated: dedicated physical cores (2 threads), guaranteed resources. 1–20 dedicated cores, 1–512 GB RAM. From $0.026/hour or $19/month.

Type A: Availability

Server processors run on a physical CPU core that is not dedicated to you, with no guaranteed resources.

• Specifications: from 1 to 32 virtual CPU cores and from 1 GB to 128 GB RAM per server.
• Ideal for: general-purpose applications such as microservices, small and medium applications, development environments, container services and anything that does not need guaranteed resources.
• Pricing: from $0.00054/hour or $4/month.

Type B: General Purpose

Server processors run on a dedicated CPU core with guaranteed resources.

• Specifications: from 1 to 104 virtual CPU cores and from 1 GB to 512 GB RAM per server.
• Ideal for: application hosting, website hosting, database servers, NodeJS containers, storage servers, high-compute servers and more.
• Pricing: from $0.0123/hour or $9/month.

Type T: Burstable

Server processors run on a dedicated CPU core with guaranteed resources. When average CPU usage goes above 10%, the extra processing power is billed on top.

• Specifications: from 1 to 104 virtual CPU cores and from 1 GB to 512 GB RAM per server.
• Ideal for: application hosting, remote connection servers, web servers, storage servers and workloads that need high processing power for short periods.
• Pricing: from $0.0123/hour + $0.041/hour per CPU, charged only when average processing power exceeds 10%.

Example calculation

A server with 8 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM and 50 GB storage costs $0.0931/hour ($68 for 730 monthly hours) while powered on, and $0.0102/hour ($7.50 for 730 monthly hours) while powered off.

• Average usage 7%, on all month (730 hours): $0.0931 × 730 = $67.963. No extra charge, because usage stayed under 10%.
• Average usage 20%, on all month (730 hours): $0.0931 × 730 + $0.041 × 730 × 8 cores × 0.10 = $67.963 + $23.944 = $91.907. Only the 10 points above the threshold are billed.

Type D: Dedicated

Server processors run on a dedicated CPU core (2 threads) with guaranteed resources.

• Specifications: from 1 to 20 dedicated CPU cores and from 1 GB to 512 GB RAM per server.
• Ideal for: production environments, application hosting, web servers, database servers, NodeJS containers, storage servers and workloads that need high processing power for short periods.
• Pricing: from $0.026/hour or $19/month.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest OMC Cloud server?

Type A (Availability), from $0.00054/hour or $4/month, for workloads that do not need guaranteed resources.

What is the difference between Type B and Type D?

Both guarantee resources. Type B allocates dedicated virtual cores (up to 104 per server); Type D allocates whole dedicated physical cores with 2 threads each (up to 20 per server) for production workloads.

When does Type T cost more?

Only when the server's average CPU usage over the billing period goes above 10%. Below that, you pay the base hourly rate.

Do I pay when the server is off?

A much lower rate. In the example above, an 8-core server drops from $0.0931/hour on to $0.0102/hour off.

Conclusion

Pick the processor type that matches the workload: Type A for light, non-critical services, Type B for most general-purpose servers, Type T for spiky workloads that stay mostly idle, and Type D for production systems that need dedicated physical cores. Whichever you choose, you can change resources at any time and pay by the hour or by the month.