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What Are the Charging Standards of IMS?

Billing of Different Image Types

Image Type

Billing

Public image

Free of charge

Private image

When you create a private image, you will be charged for the CSBS or CBR storage.

  • System disk image or data disk image: OBS buckets invisible to users are provided for free to store the images.
  • Full-ECS image: If the image is created from a CSBS or CBR backup, you will be charged for the space used to store the CSBS or CBR backup.

Image shared with me
  • If it is a system or data disk image, you will be charged nothing for the OBS storage space.
  • If it is a full-ECS image, you will be charged for the space used to store the CBR backup.
    NOTE:

    Full-ECS images created from a CBR backup can be shared but those created from a CSBS backup cannot.

Marketplace image

Determined by the image provider.

Billing of Private Image Operations

Operation

Billing Item

Uploading an external image file to an OBS bucket

OBS storage space (You are advised to delete unneeded image files.)

Creating an ECS from a system disk image or full-ECS image

EVS disks attached to the created ECS (The system disk image and full-ECS image are free of charge.)

For example, when you use a full-ECS image (with a 40 GB system disk and 100 GB data disk) to create an ECS, you will be charged based on the total size of the system disk and data disk. Assume that the disk billing standard is ¥0.00049 per GB-hour. The hourly billing for your EVS disks is ¥0.0686.

In-region replication of a system or data disk image

Free of charge. OBS buckets are available for free to store the image copies.

Cross-region replication of a system or data disk image

Traffic of OBS cross-region replication

Cross-region replication of a full-ECS image
  • Traffic of CSBS or CBR cross-region replication
  • Space for storing the CSBS or CBR backup associated with the newly replicated image

Exporting images

OBS space for storing the exported images

Reference

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