Global Accelerator:Billing rules for cross-border data transfer

Prerequisites

• If you want to use Express Connect circuits to accelerate data transfer between regions in the Chinese mainland and regions outside the Chinese mainland, including China (Hong Kong), China (Macao), and China (Taiwan), make sure that your enterprise account has completed real-name registration. For more information, see FAQ about real-name registration.

• Make sure that the domain name of the accelerated application has an Internet Content Provider (ICP) number. Otherwise, cross-border acceleration does not take effect. For more information about how to apply for an ICP number, see ICP filing application overview.

Billable items

Billing rules

Billing examples

• Scenario 1: Clients in the Chinese mainland access an application deployed outside Alibaba Cloud in a region outside the Chinese mainland

  In the following figure, the acceleration region is the China (Shanghai) region, the endpoint group is deployed in the US (Silicon Valley) region, and the endpoint is deployed outside Alibaba Cloud. After a Global Accelerator instance is purchased, 1,000 GB of data is transferred within a month. The data transfer fees include the Internet data transfer fee in the China (Shanghai) region, the Internet data transfer fee in the US (Silicon Valley) region, and the cross-border data transfer fee for using cross-border Express Connect circuits.

  

  Unit price of Internet data transfer in the Chinese mainland = USD 0.118/GB
  Unit price of Internet data transfer in North America = USD 0.074/GB
  Unit price of cross-border data transfer from the Chinese mainland to North America over cross-border Express Connect circuits = USD 0.8/GB
  The data transfer fees are calculated by using the following formulas:
  Internet data transfer fee in the China (Shanghai) region = Unit price of Internet data transfer in the Chinese mainland × Amount of data transfer = USD 0.118/GB × 1,000 GB = USD 118
  Internet data transfer fee in the US (Silicon Valley) region = Unit price of Internet data transfer in North America × Amount of data transfer = USD 0.074/GB × 1,000 GB = USD 74
  Cross-border data transfer fee (cross-border Express Connect circuits) = Unit price of cross-border data transfer from the Chinese mainland to North America over cross-border Express Connect circuits × Amount of data transfer = USD 0.8/GB × 1,000 GB = USD 800
  Total data transfer fee = Internet data transfer fee in the China (Shanghai) region + Internet data transfer fee in the US (Silicon Valley) region + Cross-border data transfer fee (cross-border Express Connect circuits) = USD 118 + USD 74 + USD 800 = USD 992

• Scenario 2: Clients in the Chinese mainland access an application deployed on Alibaba Cloud in a region outside the Chinese mainland

  In the following figure, the acceleration region is the China (Shanghai) region, the endpoint group is deployed in the US (Silicon Valley) region, and the endpoint is deployed on Alibaba Cloud. After a Global Accelerator instance is purchased, 1,000 GB of data is transferred within a month. The data transfer fees include the Internet data transfer fee in the China (Shanghai) region and the cross-border data transfer fee over cross-border Express Connect circuits.

  

  Unit price of Internet data transfer in the Chinese mainland = USD 0.118/GB
  Unit price of cross-border data transfer from the Chinese mainland to North America over cross-border Express Connect circuits = USD 0.8/GB
  The data transfer fees are calculated by using the following formulas:
  Internet data transfer fee in the China (Shanghai) region = Unit price of Internet data transfer in the Chinese mainland × Amount of data transfer = USD 0.118/GB × 1,000 GB = USD 118
  Internet data transfer fee in the US (Silicon Valley) region = USD 0
  Cross-border data transfer fee (cross-border Express Connect circuits) = Unit price of cross-border data transfer from the Chinese mainland to North America over cross-border Express Connect circuits × Amount of data transfer = USD 0.8/GB × 1,000 GB = USD 800
  Total data transfer fee = Internet data transfer fee in the China (Shanghai) region + Internet data transfer fee in the US (Silicon Valley) region + Cross-border data transfer fee (cross-border Express Connect circuits) = USD 118 + USD 0 + USD 800 = USD 918

Procedure

If you want to use cross-border Express Connect circuits to accelerate content delivery between regions in the Chinese mainland and regions outside the Chinese mainland including China (Hong Kong), China (Macao), and China (Taiwan), perform the following steps:

1. Purchase a GA instance whose bandwidth metering method is pay-by-data-transfer.

   When you purchase a pay-as-you-go standard GA instance, you can configure the acceleration area, listener, and endpoint group at the same time. If you have completed all the configurations, you can ignore all the following steps.

   For more information, see Create and manage standard GA instances or Create and manage basic GA instances.

2. Enable cross-border acceleration.

   Perform operations based on the type of GA instance that you use.

   Instance type	Procedure
   Standard Global Accelerator instance	On the Instances page, find the standard Global Accelerator instance that you want to manage and click its ID. On the instance details page, click the Instance Information tab. In the Transmission Network Type section, click Enable Cross-Border Acceleration. In the Enable Cross-border Acceleration dialog box, read the Compliance Commitments Regarding Cross-border Data Transfers, select Agree to the Preceding Compliance Agreement, and then click Enable. In the message that appears, click OK.
   Basic Global Accelerator instance	Before you enable cross-border acceleration or cross-border Express Connect circuits for a basic Global Accelerator instance, you must complete enterprise real-name registration. On the instance details page, click the Instance Information tab and turn on Billing Information in the Transmission Network Type section. In the Enable Cross-border Acceleration dialog box, read the Compliance Commitments Regarding Cross-border Data Transfers, select Agree to the Preceding Compliance Agreement, and then click Enable. The first time you enable cross-border Express Connect circuits, read the CDT Terms of Service, select I have read and agree to Cloud Data Transfer Terms of Service, and then activate CDT. In the message that appears, click OK. If Cross-border Express Connect Enabled is displayed on the right side of Transmission Network Type, cross-border Express Connect circuits can be used for cross-border acceleration.

3. If you use a Standard Instance, perform the following steps to switch from BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro to Cross-border Express Connect .Instance Type

   Before you proceed, make sure that you have completed enterprise real-name registration.

   1. On the instance details page, click the Instance Information tab.

   2. In the Transmission Network Type section, find the Cross-border Express Connect card and click Enable Cross-border Express Connect.

   3. The first time you enable cross-border Express Connect circuits, select the following information in the Switch to Cross-border Express Connect message and click Switch.

      Warning

      If the current configuration involves cross-border networks, the switchover causes network interruptions for 1 minute. Proceed with caution.

      • Read the CDT Terms of Service, select I have read and agree to Cloud Data Transfer Terms of Service, and then activate CDT.

      • Read the risks about switchover to cross border Express Connect and select I am aware of the risks and want to proceed.

   4. If this is not the first time that you enable cross-border Express Connect circuits, the Are you sure that you want to switch to cross-border Express Connect circuits? message appears. In the message, select the following check boxes and click Switch:

      Warning

      If the current configuration involves cross-border networks, the switchover causes network interruptions for 1 minute. Proceed with caution.

      • Read Compliance Warranty and select I understand and agree to the above compliance warranty.

      • Select I am aware of the risks and want to proceed.

   If Enabled is displayed on the Cross-border Express Connect card, cross-border Express Connect circuits can be used for cross-border acceleration.

4. Add an acceleration area.

   • For information about how to add an acceleration area for a standard GA instance, see Add an acceleration area.

   • For information about how to add an acceleration area for a basic GA instance, see Add an acceleration area.

   For information about Internet service provider (ISP) line types, see Network types.

5. Add a listener.

   You need to add a listener only for a standard GA instance. You do not need to add a listener for a basic GA instance. For information about the procedure for adding a listener for a standard GA instance, see Add and manage intelligent routing listeners or Add and manage custom routing listeners.

6. Add an endpoint group and an endpoint.

   • For information about how to add an endpoint group and an endpoint for a standard GA instance, see Create and manage the endpoint groups of intelligent routing listeners or Create and manage the endpoint groups of custom routing listeners.

   • For information about how to add an endpoint group and an endpoint for a basic GA instance, see Add and manage endpoint groups and endpoints for a basic GA instance.

7. (Optional) On the instance details page, click the Instance Information tab. You can view the Transmission Network Type in the Billing Information or Billing Information section.

   • Basic Global Accelerator instances allow you only to enable and disable cross-border Express Connect circuits.

   • Standard Global Accelerator instances allow you to change the transmission network type.

     Cross-border Express Connect provide low-latency and high-quality cross-border acceleration services.

     To switch to BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro, click BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro in the BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro card. In the dialog box that appears, confirm the risks, select I am aware of the risks and want to proceed, and then click Switch.

References

• UpdateAcceleratorCrossBorderStatus: enables cross-border data transmission for a Global Accelerator instance.

• UpdateAcceleratorCrossBorderMode: modifies the transmission network type of a Global Accelerator instance.

• QueryCrossBorderApprovalStatus: queries the enterprise real-name registration status of an Alibaba Cloud account.