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ApsaraDB RDS:[Special offers/Price changes] Commercial release of the backup download feature for RDS instances that use local disks

Last Updated:Nov 24, 2023

The backup download feature is about to be upgraded and commercially released. Starting 00:00:00 on November 25, 2021, if you use the backup download feature of an ApsaraDB RDS instance that uses local disks to download backup files and the Internet traffic that you use exceeds the free quota, you are charged for the excess Internet traffic.

Commercial release dates and regions

Starting 00:00:00 on November 25, 2021, the feature is commercially released in some regions. Starting 00:00:00 on December 02, 2021, the feature is commercially released in the remaining regions.

Effective date

Involved instance

Region

00:00 on November 25, 2021

  • ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instances with local disks

  • ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instances with local disks

  • ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instances with local disks

China (Guangzhou), China (Chengdu), China (Heyuan), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), Australia (Sydney), Germany (Frankfurt), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), India (Mumbai), UK (London), and UAE (Dubai)

00:00 on December 02, 2021

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Hong Kong), US (Virginia), and US (Silicon Valley)

Billing rules

If you use the backup download feature of an RDS instance that uses local disks and the Internet traffic that you use exceeds the free quota, you are charged for the excess Internet traffic.

  • Downloads over an internal network: You are not charged for the traffic that you consume.

  • Downloads over the Internet: After the free quota of 500 GB per instance-month is exhausted, you are charged for the excess traffic that you consume based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. Fees are deducted from your account on a daily basis. For more information, see Network traffic fees.

Note
  • If a download task fails, you are not charged for Internet traffic.

  • To view the volume of traffic that you consumed to download backup files over the Internet, you can log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console, find your RDS instance, and then click the ID of the instance to go to the Basic Information page of the RDS instance. Then, you can view the Backup Downloads parameter in the Usage Statistics section of the page.

  • We recommend that you purchase a subscription network plan to offset the fee for the Internet traffic that is used to download the backup files. A large capacity of a network plan indicates a high discount.

Related topics

Upgrade of the backup download feature

The upgrade of the backup download feature is scheduled to be completed in January 2022. After the upgrade is complete, the backup download feature provides the following capabilities:

  • Converts snapshot backup files or physical backup files into logical backup files that are stored in formats such as SQL, CSV, and Parquet. These formats can meet the business requirements in various scenarios such as testing, offline data analysis and statistics, and big data analysis.

  • Allows you to download the logical backup files that are converted from snapshot backup files or physical backup files.

References

[Special offers/Price changes] Commercial release of the backup download feature for RDS instances that use cloud disks