IP Application Accelerator (IPA) and Dynamic Route for CDN (DCDN) are two independent services, and both support pay-by-data-transfer and pay-by-peak-bandwidth. After you enable IPA, the pay-by-data-transfer metering method is used by default. You can change the metering method based on your business requirements. This topic describes the metering methods and considerations for IPA.

Note
  • You are charged for the traffic that is accelerated by using IPA. You are not charged for HTTP requests.
  • For more information about IPA pricing, see Pricing.

Pay-by-data-transfer (default)

ScenarioDescription
The network traffic fluctuates and the bandwidth usage spikes. The daily bandwidth usage is lower than 30%.
  • Billing rule: After you enable IPA, you are charged for daily outbound data transfer on DCDN POPs based on tiered pricing.
  • Billable item: data transfer.
  • Billing method: pay-as-you-go.
  • Billing cycle: You are charged on an hourly basis. A bill is issued about 3 to 4 hours after the end of a billing cycle. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system.

Pay-by-peak-bandwidth

Important To use the pay-by-peak-bandwidth metering method, make sure that the peak bandwidth value within the previous 30 days exceeds 5 Gbit/s. Contact your account manager or contact us by other means. For more information, see Contact us.
ScenarioDescription
The network traffic is relatively flat and the daily bandwidth usage exceeds 30%.
  • Billing rule: After you enable IPA, you are charged based on the daily peak bandwidth. A bandwidth value is collected every 5 minutes. A total of 288 values are collected every day. The highest bandwidth value is used as the daily peak bandwidth value.
  • Billable item: peak bandwidth.
  • Billing method: pay-as-you-go.
  • Billing cycle: You are charged on a daily basis. The bill of the current day is issued and the amount due is deducted after 00:00 on the following day. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system.

References

What is IP Application Accelerator?