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Updated on 2023-11-21 GMT+08:00

Changing the Billing Mode from Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly

This section describes how to change the billing mode of a GeminiDB Cassandra instance from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly. If you use the service for a long time, you can change the billing mode of a DB instance from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly for lower costs.

Precautions

Only when the status of a pay-per-use instance is Available, its billing mode can be changed to yearly/monthly.

Changing the Billing Mode of a Single Instance

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB.
  3. On the Instances page, locate the instance whose billing mode you want to change and choose Change to Yearly/Monthly in the Operation column.

    Figure 1 Changing the billing mode from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly

  4. On the displayed page, select the renewal duration in month. The minimum duration is one month.

    If you do not need to modify your settings, click Pay Now.

  5. Select a payment method and click Pay.
  6. View the results on the Instances page.

    In the upper right corner of the DB instance list, click to refresh the list. The instance status will become Available after the change is successful. The billing mode becomes to Yearly/Monthly.

Changing the Billing Mode of Multiple Instance in Batches

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB.
  3. On the Instances page, select the instances whose billing mode you want to change and click Change to Yearly/Monthly above the DB instance list. In displayed dialog box, click Yes.

    Figure 2 Changing the billing mode of multiple instances

  4. On the displayed page, select the renewal duration in month. The minimum duration is one month.

    If you do not need to modify your settings, click Pay Now.

  5. Select a payment method and click Pay.
  6. View the results on the Instances page.

    In the upper right corner of the instance list, click to refresh the list. The instance status will become Available after the change is successful. The billing mode changes to Yearly/Monthly.