Updated on 2023-12-25 GMT+08:00

Buying DSC

If you use DSC through the console, you will be billed on a yearly/monthly basis, which is prepaid. If you use DSC by APIs, including data masking and watermark APIs, you pay for what you used. DSC provides the standard and professional editions, and the database and OBS expansion packages. Buy a required DSC edition and additional expansion packages based on your site requirements.

Prerequisites

You have added the obtained account to the user group that has been assigned with the DSC FullAccess permission.

Constraints

  • The specifications of DSC cannot be downgraded once you complete the purchase. If you want to downgrade the DSC specifications, unsubscribe from the current edition and purchase DSC of the edition with lower specifications.
  • The database and OBS expansion packages included in the purchased DSC of an edition cannot be renewed or unsubscribed separately.

Specification Limitations

  • One expansion package offers one database instance. RDS and DWS databases, self-built databases on ECSs, DLI, Elasticsearch, and big data on ECSs are supported.
  • One OBS expansion package offers 1 TB (1024 GB) of OBS storage.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region or project.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, click and choose Security & Compliance > Data Security Center.
  4. If you are a first-time user, click Buy DSC.
  5. Select a region and edition on the displayed page.

    Figure 1 Selecting a region and edition

    To switch a region, select a region from the Region drop-down list. Only one DSC edition can be purchased in a region.

  6. Set Database Expansion Package and OBS Expansion Package.

    Figure 2 Selecting expansion packages
    • One expansion package offers one database instance. RDS and DWS databases, self-built databases on ECSs, DLI, Elasticsearch, and big data on ECSs are supported.
    • One OBS expansion package offers 1 TB (1024 GB) of OBS storage.

  7. Set Required Duration. Select the required duration from one month to three years.

    Figure 3 Setting required duration

    Select Auto-renew to enable the system to renew your service by the purchased period when the service is about to expire.

  8. Click Next.

    If you have any questions about the pricing, click Pricing details.

  9. Confirm the order information and agree to the DSC disclaimer by selecting I have read and agree to the Data Security Center Service Statement and click Pay Now.

    Figure 4 Viewing details

  10. Select a payment method to pay for your order on the displayed page.