Help Center/ Cloud Container Engine/ Billing/ Modifying Resource Specifications
Updated on 2024-03-04 GMT+08:00
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Modifying Resource Specifications

If a yearly/monthly resource no longer meets your needs, you can modify the specifications.

  • Modifying cluster specifications: You can modify the cluster specifications on the CCE console. During the modification, the price is calculated based on the following rules:
    • If you upgrade the cluster specifications, you need to pay the difference in price.
    • Downgrading cluster specifications is not supported.
  • Modifying node specifications: The specifications can only be modified on the ECS console. After the modification, go to the CCE console and synchronize data with cloud servers. The system will recalculate the price and either bill or refund you the difference.
    • If you upgrade your node specifications, you need to pay the difference in price.
    • If you downgrade your node specifications, Huawei Cloud will refund you the difference.

    You are not advised to downgrade your ECS to a lower specification because ECS performance may be affected.

Modifying the Specifications of a Yearly/Monthly Resource

When you modify the specifications, the price is calculated as follows:

Specifications modification price = (Price of the new specifications - Price of the original specifications) x Remaining period

The remaining period is the remaining days of each calendar month divided by the maximum number of days in each calendar month.

Suppose you purchased a yearly/monthly cluster with 50 worker nodes and three master nodes on April 8, 2023 without any discount and upgraded the cluster scale to 200 worker nodes on April 18, 2023. The price of the original specifications is $244.89 USD/month, and the price of the new specifications is $460.39 USD/month.

In this example, the number of remaining days in the original order totals 20. The number of remaining days in April are 12 and those in May are 8. The remaining period is calculated as follows:

Remaining period = 12 (Remaining days in April)/30 (Maximum number of days in April) + 8 (Remaining days in May)/31 (Maximum number of days in May) = 0.6581

Specifications modification price = (460.39 - 244.89) x 0.6581 = $141.82 USD

If other yearly/monthly cloud service resources are used in your clusters, modify the specifications on their respective consoles. For more details, see Pricing of a Changed Specification.

Modifying the Specifications of a Pay-per-Use Resource

If you purchased a pay-per-use cluster and then modified its specifications, a new order will be generated. The old order automatically becomes invalid.

If you modified the specifications within a given hour, multiple records will be generated. Different bills record the billing for different specifications.

For example, if you purchased a pay-per-use cluster with 50 worker nodes at 09:00:00 and upgraded the scale to 200 worker nodes at 09:30:00, two records will be generated from 09:00:00 to 10:00:00.

  • 09:00:00 to 09:30:00. You are billed for 50 worker nodes.
  • 09:30:00 to 10:00:00. You are billed for 200 worker nodes.