If you enable the lifecycle management feature for your General-purpose NAS file system, data that meets the specified lifecycle management policies is transitioned to an Infrequent Access (IA) storage medium. You are charged for the space usage of the IA storage medium and read/write traffic. This feature allows you to reduce the costs of your file system. This topic describes the billing items and billing methods of a General-purpose NAS file system whose lifecycle management feature is enabled. This topic also provides a billing example.
Billing items
Billing item | Description |
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Usage of a General-purpose NAS file system | The maximum used storage space of the file system. Fees are calculated based on the
maximum used storage space within each hour.
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Usage of an IA storage medium | |
Read/write traffic | Traffic fees are incurred when data in an IA storage medium is accessed. Fees are calculated based on the total amount of read/write traffic within each hour. The amount of read/write traffic is reset to 0 after an hourly bill is generated. Then, the calculation of read/write traffic amount is resumed in the next hour. |
Billing methods
- Pay-as-you-go
Formula: Space usage fee = Usage fee of General-purpose NAS + Usage fee of IA storage medium + Traffic fee of IA storage medium = Maximum usage of a General-purpose NAS file system per hour × Unit price per hour + Maximum usage of an IA storage medium per hour × Unit price per hour + Amount of read traffic × Unit price per hour + Amount of write traffic × Unit price per hourNote
- If the lifecycle management feature is enabled, the usage of General-purpose NAS in the preceding formula is the used storage space of the data that is not transitioned to an IA storage medium.
- Read/write traffic of IA storage media supports only the pay-as-you-go billing method.
- In the NAS pricing system, the unit of space usage fees is USD/GiB/month. However, if the pay-as-you-go billing method is adopted, fees are calculated based on the used storage space multiplied by the unit price per hour. You must convert USD/GiB/month into USD/GiB/hour when you calculate the fee for the used storage space. For example, if the unit price of a Capacity NAS storage capacity in the China (Hangzhou) region is 0.06 USD/GiB/month, the unit price of the storage capacity per hour is 0.000083 USD/GiB/hour. The formula is: Unit price of storage capacity per hour = Unit price / (30 days × 24 hours).For more information, see Apsara File Storage NAS pricing.
- Purchase a storage package
You can purchase a storage package to deduct the resource usage fees of a General-purpose NAS file system. You can reduce costs by using storage packages. The following rules are applied when you use a storage package:
- A storage package is used to first deduct the fees for the used storage space. Then,
if the storage package still has a positive balance, the storage package is used to
deduct the fees for the used space of an IA storage medium based on a specified coefficient.
- The storage package is sufficient to deduct all of the fees for the usage of the IA storage medium if the following condition is met: (Capacity of the storage package - Usage of the General-purpose NAS file system) × Coefficient - Usage of the IA storage medium ≥ 0 GiB.
- The storage package is insufficient to deduct all of the fees for the usage of the
IA storage medium if the following condition is met: (Capacity of the storage package
- Usage of the General-purpose NAS file system) × Coefficient - Usage of the IA storage
medium < 0 GiB. The fees for the remaining used storage space are calculated based
on the pay-as-you-go billing method.
The coefficient in the preceding formulas varies depending on the type of a file system. For Performance NAS file systems, the coefficient is 12.333. For Capacity NAS file systems, the coefficient is 2.333.
- A storage package does not limit the storage capacity of a file system. The maximum
storage capacity of a Capacity NAS file system is 1 PiB. The maximum storage capacity
of a Performance NAS file system is 10 PiB.
Note For example, you purchase a 100 GiB storage package for a Performance NAS file system named A. During a billing cycle, the used storage space of file system A is 180 GiB. The fee of 100 GiB is deducted by the storage package, and the fee of the remaining 80 GiB is calculated based on the pay-as-you-go billing method.
- Storage packages and General-purpose NAS have the following relationships:
- A General-purpose NAS file system can be attached to only one storage package at a time. When you delete a General-purpose NAS file system, the attached storage package is detached. You can attach the storage package to another General-purpose NAS file system. However, the new file system must be of the same type and reside in the same region as the file system that you delete.
- You can attach a storage package only to a file system whose storage type is the same as the storage package. For example, if you delete a Capacity NAS file system to which a storage package is attached, the detached storage package cannot be attached to a Performance NAS file system. If you delete a Performance NAS file system to which a storage package is attached, the detached storage package cannot be attached to a Capacity NAS file system.
- You can attach a storage package to an arbitrary file system. You do not need to be concerned about the protocol type that is used. The detached package can be attached to a file system that uses the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. For example, this applies if you delete a file system to which a storage package is attached and the file system uses the Network File System (NFS) protocol.
- When a storage package expires or the used space exceeds the capacity of the storage package, you are billed based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. You are billed for the data stored in your NAS file systems. No fee is incurred when the space usage is 0 GiB. If you no longer use NAS, we recommend that you delete your file systems or delete all your data from these file systems.
- You can manually renew a storage package within the validity period of the storage package. You can also enable the auto-renewal feature. For more information, see Renew a storage package. You can upgrade a storage package based on your business requirements. For more information, see Upgrade a storage package.
- A storage package is used to first deduct the fees for the used storage space. Then,
if the storage package still has a positive balance, the storage package is used to
deduct the fees for the used space of an IA storage medium based on a specified coefficient.
Examples
Billing items | Billing | |
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Usage of the General-purpose NAS file system | Space usage fee = 200 GiB × 0.06 USD/GiB/month / 30 days / 24 hours = USD 0.0166666667 | |
Usage of the IA storage medium | Space usage fee = 800 GiB × 0.0000322450 USD/GiB/month / 30 days / 24 hours = USD 0.0000358277 | |
Read/write traffic | Read traffic | Read traffic fee = 1 GiB × 0.0092866000 USD/GiB = USD 0.0092866000 |
Write traffic | Write traffic fee = 2 GiB × 0.0092866000 USD/GiB = USD 0.0185732000 | |
Hourly space usage fee = USD 0.0166666667 + USD 0.0000358277 + USD 0.0092866000 + USD 0.0185732000 = USD 0.0445622944 | ||
If Mr. Zhang used the same amount of storage space in file system A within each hour of the month, the monthly fee is calculated by using the following formula: Monthly fee = USD 0.0445622944 × 24 hours × 30 days = USD 32.084851968 |
Billing items | Billing | |
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Usage of a General-purpose NAS file system | Space usage fee = 200 GiB × 23 USD/month / 30 days / 24 hours / 500 GiB = USD 0.0127777778
In the preceding formula, USD 23 is the fee for the storage package (500 GiB, 1 month). |
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Usage of an IA storage medium | (500 GiB -200 GiB) × 2.333 - 800 GiB = -100.01 GiB < 0 GiB. Therefore, the storage
package is insufficient to deduct all of the fees for the usage of the IA storage
medium.
The fees for the remaining used storage space are calculated based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. Space usage fee = 100.1 GiB × 0.0000322450 USD/GiB/month / 30 days / 24 hours = USD 0.0000044829 |
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Read/write traffic | Read traffic | Read traffic fee = 1 GiB × 0.0092866000 USD/GiB = USD 0.0092866000 |
Write traffic | Write traffic fee = 2 GiB × 0.0092866000 USD/GiB = USD 0.0185732000 | |
Hourly space usage fee = USD 0.0127777778 + USD 0.0000044829 + USD 0.0092866000 + USD 0.0185732000 = USD 0.0406420607 | ||
If Mr. Zhang used the same amount of storage space in file system A within each hour of the month, the monthly fee is calculated by using the following formula: Monthly fee = USD 0.0406420607 × 24 hours × 30 days = USD 29.262283704 |