今天，我们为所有客户和数据中心发布了对我们的图像功能的重大改进（可在测试版）。虽然我们长期以来一直支持开发人员采取图像快照，以方便在Linodes上提供服务，但你现在可以通过云管理器，API ，或CLI ，上传你自己的图像，并利用每个帐户的扩展存储容量。
更新的图像服务大大减少了配置Linode的开销，使我们的客户能够充分利用图像的优势。即使你没有任何活动的Linode，图像也会被存储，所以图像在你需要的时候总是可用的，并且可以被部署到任何数据中心的任何Linode。
在测试期间，Images将保持免费服务，并从2021年9月1日起过渡到每月0.10美元/GB的付费服务。所有Images用户将通过Linode支持提前得到变化的通知，如果需要，您可以有机会删除Images。
自动图像，是在Linode被删除后产生的短暂恢复图像，将保持免费。
Linode Image 目前支持上传原始磁盘图像（.img）文件，这些文件在上传前已经使用gzip（.gz）进行了压缩。上传图像的最大压缩文件大小为5GB。当图像的计费生效时，你将被收取图像的未压缩大小。
参与图像测试
欢迎任何 Linode 用户尝试新的图像功能。请阅读更新的 Linode 图像指南，了解逐步说明，包括通过云管理器上传图像。
我们计划继续改善我们的图像服务，所以请将任何关于功能或你的经验的反馈发送到https://www.linode.com/feedback/。如果你遇到了技术问题，请开一张支持票，以便我们能尽快解决。
评论 (8)
Improvements should be improvements and not breaking working functionality.
I just started a couple nodes with existing images, and the nodes were created and started without expanding the disks to the plan full storage.
So literally they had a root device having 1.7 GB with 0 free space.
Who tested this release?
Sandor Marton: When you deploy a Linode with an Image it does not automatically expand to its fully allotted disk space, but creates a disk that is equal to the size of the Image, therefor you need to perform a disk resize after you deploy. With that said, I’ve included your feedback in an internal discussion about this particular feature of our Images.
I’m pretty sure the dashboard did resize automatically ( or maybe the old one did, since i didn’t use images for the past 4-6- months)
Also there is no point to automatically start the node with an image sized disk, since disk will have zero available space and the OS won’t be able to boot properly.
From my point of view there should be no difference between starting a node from a distribution image, and starting a node from my own image.
I think we should have an option to download the current image if it will no longer be free of charge.
We agree – this is on our radar to do soon, though I don’t have an ETA on when that feature will be available. Until that is ready, you can follow the following guide to download a copy of a Linode: Copy a Disk Over SSH
In this new beta I have a problem with uploading an image via Cloud Manager. Are there any instructions specifically for this process in the documentation?
We updated our documentation to include steps on uploading an Images. If you run into further issues, please open a support ticket with logs, error messages, or details that you encounter while attempting to upload your Image. These details will be helpful for us when we assist with troubleshooting.
This is weird. If you’re going to charge for the service, why the still quite tight limits?
A 6 GB max is definitely a lot better than it was before, but it still may be fairly confining for some uses. I have a base image right now that’s just Fedora + application that comes to 4.5 GB. While my usage case fits well within the limit, if now the data is being paid for, why not bump it until whatever is the internal reasonable maximum?
Also, .gz is an extremely old compression format. If you’re using it because of performance considerations, may I suggest zstd? It decompresses extremely quickly (about the same as gzip according to benchmarks), and achieves a much greater compression ratio.