Billing Examples

Billing Scenario

Suppose you set 10 instances as paid on March 18, 2023, 08:00:00 and set another 6 instances as paid on March 18, 2023, 10:00:00. The SQL storage of these instances increased by 0.5 GB per hour. How much will the service cost between March 18, 2023, 16:00:00 and March 19, 2023, 00:00:00?

Billing Analysis

The total price can be calculated as follows.

The first billing period:
- March 18, 2023, 08:00:00 to March 19, 2023, 00:00:00
  - Instances: 10
  - Billing duration: 16 hours
- March 18, 2023, 08:00:00 to March 19, 2023, 00:00:00
  - Extra space: 3 GB
  - Extra time: 6 hours
The second billing period:
- March 18, 2023, 10:00:00 to March 19, 2023, 00:00:00
  - Instances: 6
  - Billing duration: 14 hours
- March 18, 2023, 10:00:00 to March 19, 2023, 00:00:00
  - Extra space: 2 GB
  - Extra time: 4 hours

Price for the first billing period

From March 18, 2023, 08:00:00 to March 19, 2023, 00:00:00, each paid instance was used for 10 hours and used an extra space of 5 GB, so the price would be calculated as follows:

Figure 1 Price for the first ten instances set as paid

Price for the second billing period

From March 18, 2023, 10:00:00 to March 19, 2023, 00:00:00, each paid instance was used for 10 hours and used an extra space of 2 GB, so the price would be calculated as follows:

Figure 2 Price for the six instances set as paid