Billing for Storage Resources

Updated on 2024-04-19 GMT+08:00

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Billing Modes

DLI's internal storage resources are utilized for storing databases and DLI tables. The available billing modes are as follows:

Pay-per-use: It is a postpaid mode, which you can use to purchase data storage. Storage uses are billed based on the amount of data stored in DLI, in GB. You will be billed by calendar hour since the queue is created. Storage fee = Unit price x Data volume (in GB) x Number of hours. Storage resources are settled hourly, with hours calculated on the hour.

Package: DLI enables you to purchase a storage package. Storage uses are billed based on the amount of data stored in DLI, in GB. You are advised to combine package with pay-per-use when purchasing a storage package.
If you purchase a storage package, the quota included in the package is preferentially deducted when you use resources. If you exceed the package limit, you will be billed on a pay-per-use basis. The included quota will reset every hour. See Package Billing for more information on package billing.

Application Scenarios

DLI's internal storage resources are utilized for storing databases and DLI tables.

NOTE:

Tables stored in DLI are of the MANAGED type.
You can check the storage capacity of DLI table data on the Data Management > Databases and Tables page.

Constraints and Limitations

You can use storage resources directly without the need to create them or be limited by quota constraints.
Billing information for data storage can only be viewed on the Bills page. For details, see Bills.
Storage uses are billed based on the amount of table data stored in DLI, in GB.
Note that DLI typically compresses the original file size to 1/5 when estimating storage costs. DLI storage is billed based on the size of compressed data.
When data is stored on OBS, any charges for storage resource usage will be billed by OBS, not DLI.

Billing Rules

**Table 1** Billing rules for DLI data storage
Type	Description
Storage resource	Storage fee = Unit price x Data volume (in GB) x Number of hours Storage uses are billed based on the amount of data stored in DLI, in GB.

Billing Usage Period

Pay-per-use DLI data storage is billed hourly (UTC+08:00).

The billing starts when the DLI table is created and ends when the DLI table is deleted.

NOTE:

Creating a storage resource takes some time. For a pay-per-use storage resource, billing starts once the DLI table is successfully created, not when the creation process begins. You can choose Data Management > Databases and Tables to view the time when the DLI table is successfully created.

Billing Examples

NOTICE:

The prices are just examples. The actual prices are those displayed on DLI Pricing Details.

Suppose you purchased a pay-per-use elastic resource pool (specifications: 64 CUs) at 09:59:30 on April 18, 2023, stored 1 TB of data in DLI tables, and deleted queues and the DLI tables at 11:45:46 on the same day.

The first billing cycle runs from 09:00:00 to 10:00:00. In this billing cycle, the billing duration is one hour.
The second billing cycle runs from 10:00:00 to 11:00:00. In this billing cycle, the billing duration is also one hour.

You need to pay for both billing cycles. Table 2 lists the billing formulas.

**Table 2** Billing formulas
Resource Type	Billing Formula	Unit Price
Compute resource	Computing fee = Unit price x Number of CUs x Number of hours	For details, see DLI Pricing Details.
Storage resource	Storage fee = Unit price x Data volume (in GB) x Number of hours	For details, see DLI Pricing Details.

**Table 3** Resource types
Resource Type	Billing Details	Total
Compute resource	0.0925 USD/hour; purchased CUs: 64 CUs; accumulated billing duration: 2 hours	11.84USD
Storage resource	0.023 USD/month/GB, that is, [0.023/(30 x 24)] USD/hour/GB Actual storage: 1 TB = 1,000 GB; accumulated billing duration: 2 hours	0.06 USD

Total fee: 11.9 USD

Impact of Arrears

Figure 1 shows the statuses a pay-per-use DLI queue can have throughout its lifecycle. After a DLI queue is purchased, it enters the validity period and operates properly during this period. If your account goes into arrears or exceeds the expenditure quota, the queue enters a grace period and then a retention period.

Figure 1 Lifecycle of a pay-per-use DLI resource

Arrears Reminder

The system deducts fees from your account balance for pay-per-use resources at the end of each billing cycle. You will be notified by email, SMS, or in-app messages when your account falls into arrears or exceeds the expenditure quota.

Impact of Arrears

Your resources enter the grace period and you cannot submit jobs in DLI, including SQL, Spark, and Flink jobs. You will need to pay for the fees incurred during the grace period, which you can see on the Billing & Costs > Billing Center > Overview page of the Huawei Cloud console.

If you do not bring your account balance current before the grace period expires, your resources will enter the retention period and become frozen. You cannot perform any operations on the pay-per-use resources during this period.

If you do not bring your account balance current before the retention period ends, your resource will be released and the data cannot be restored.

NOTE:

For details about how to top up your account, see Topping Up an Account.

For details about expenditure quotas, see Expenditure Quota.

Combination of Pay-per-Use and Package

DLI allows you to use package and pay-per-use together.

If you purchase a storage package, the quota included in the package is preferentially deducted when you use storage resources. If you exceed the package limit, you will be billed on a pay-per-use basis. The included quota will reset every hour.

For details about how to use a package, see Package Billing.

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