Virtual Machine Billing
This chapter describes the billable resources of virtual machine resources and billing methods of these resources.
This chapter describes the billable resources of virtual machine resources and billing methods of these resources.
A virtual machine instance includes the computing resources (vCPUs and RAM), system disk, data disks, images, IPs, bandwidth, data transfer, networks, subnets and security groups.
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The actual price varies in different locations and zones, therefore the price shown on the order page shall prevail.
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▸ A one-hour amount will be “frozen” temporarily as a Temporary Hold in the pay-as-you-go pricing.
▸ You can manually delete your pay-as-you-go virtual machine resources at any time. The deleted resources will be released immediately and your Temporary Holdwill be unfrozen and returned.
The billing method of bare metal instances is Subscription and Pay-as-you-go. You can choose one suitable to your workloads.
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You can purchase up to 20 pay-as-you-go virtual machine instances.
vCPU and Memory
The detailed specifications of vCPU and memory that you are able to select are shown in the following table. Four types of configuration are supported: Basic compute (Shared vCPU), General-purpose (Dedicated vCPU), Compute-optimized (Dedicated vCPU) and Memory-optimized (Dedicated vCPU).
The price varies with different specifications and locations and you will see the price when placing the order on Chief BMC Console.
System Disk
System disk is the storage of VM instance’s operating system. The price varies according to the storage volume and the location of the VM instance. You pay for system disk by per GB along with the vCPU and memory.
Data Disk
Data disk is optional for you to provide extra storage to your business data. Data disk uses cloud disk. The price varies according to the storage volume and the location of the VM instance. You can pay for the data disk by per GB along with the vCPU and memory, or attach data disks afterward.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth cap refers to the maximum connectivity rate between your VM instance and public network. The price varies according to the size of bandwidth cap and the location of the VM instance. You will see the price when placing the order on Chief BMCConsole.
Flat Rate Bandwidth
For the flat rate pricing model, you can set a bandwidth cap for your stable business with little bursty traffic, and use unlimited data transfer. You will be charged based on the per Mbps bandwidth size.
For pay-as-you-go flat rate pricing, you’re billed by per Mbps bandwidth by hour.
Data Transfer
You pay the bill first by month before you use. You are billed by the egress data transfer.
The data transfer in the data package is only valid within the month (30 days), and data consumed beyond the package will be paid by hour afterward.
You can purchase subscription data transfer package or pay-as-you-go data transfer. You are billed by the egress data transfer.
For subscription instances, data transfer usage displayed in the instance list is calculated on a 30-day basis since creation, while for pay-as-you-go instances, data transfer usage shown here is calculated by calendar month.
Data Transfer Usage
Here are examples.