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 storage usage fees of Extreme NAS file systems. This topic describes the billing methods of Extreme NAS file systems.
Billable items of Extreme NAS file systems
Billable item | Billing rule | Description | Billing method |
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Capacity of Extreme NAS file system | You are charged based on the storage duration and storage capacity of the file system on an hourly basis. | The storage capacity of an Extreme NAS file system is the capacity that you selected on the buy page. You are charged for the file system based on the purchased 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
Note 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 |
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Pay-as-you-go | 1024 GiB × USD 0.3/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) |
References
- When does a resource plan take effect after I purchase the resource plan? How can I calculate the time at which a resource plan takes effect or expires?
- Why do the storage usage and the fees for a file system remain unchanged after I delete data from the file system?
- FAQ about billing of Extreme NAS file systems