After you create an Extreme NAS file system, you are billed based on the pay-as-you-go billing method by default. You can also purchase Extreme NAS resource plans to offset the capacity fees of Extreme NAS file systems. This topic describes the billing methods of Extreme NAS file systems.
Billable items of Extreme NAS file systems
The following table describes the offset factor that applies when you use resource plans in the Chinese mainland to offset the capacity fees of Extreme NAS file systems. To view the offset factors of NAS resource plans in other regions, use the calculator.
Billable item | Billing rule | Description | Billing method |
Provisioned capacity of Extreme NAS file system | You are charged based on the provisioned capacity and storage duration of the file system on an hourly basis. | The provisioned capacity of an Extreme NAS file system is selected on the buy page. You are charged for the file system based on the provisioned capacity on an hourly basis. You are not charged based on the amount of data written to the file system. |
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Billing example
The following billing example is for reference only. The prices displayed on the Apsara File Storage NAS Pricing page shall prevail.
Mr. Wang has created an Extreme NAS file system in the China (Hangzhou) region. The storage capacity per hour in July 2020 was 1 TiB. The following table lists the monthly fees that were incurred by the file system based on the pay-as-you-go billing method and a resource plan (1 TiB, one month).
Billing method | Fee |
Pay-as-you-go | 1024 GiB × USD 0.3 per GiB-month = USD 307.2 |
Extreme NAS resource plan | USD 252.8256 (The Extreme NAS resource plan has a base capacity of 1 TiB and a duration of one month) |