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Updated on 2025-03-06 GMT+08:00
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Yearly/Monthly Billing

If you want to ensure resource stability over a certain period of time, yearly/monthly billing is a good choice.

Billed Items

  • In the going global scenario, you will be billed for iRack.
  • In the DC cloud adoption scenario, you will be billed for iRack, iMetal, and CloudDCN.

For more information, see Table 1.

Table 1 Billed items

Billed Item

Description

iRack

You will be billed for the specifications (including the rack power) of the intelligent racks you select. The monthly package is supported. For details, apply for the OBT and see the intelligent rack pricing details on the console.

iMetal

In the cloud-based server management scenario, you can purchase iMetal with iRack. You are billed by the number of servers. The monthly package is supported. For details, apply for the OBT and see the iMetal pricing details on the console.

CloudDCN

The CloudDC zone can be connected to the VPCs in the public cloud zone. You are billed by the number of racks (general networks), number of network ports (intelligent computing networks), and traffic amount (in GB). The yearly/monthly package is supported. For details, apply for the OBT and see the CloudDCN pricing details on the console.

Billed Usage Period

Yearly/Monthly CloudDC resources are billed from 23:59:59 (UTC+08:00) on the calendar day after the resources are provisioned to 23:59:59 of the expiry day.

For example, if you purchased a one-month intelligent server on March 08, 2023, 15:50:04, the billed usage period is from March 08, 2023, 23:59:59 to April 08, 2023, 23:59:59.

Billing start time: The billing starts at 23:59:59 on the day when the delivery is complete and confirmed by the customers.

Unchangeable Configurations and the Processing Method

CloudDC does not support configuration changes, which involves offline delivery and manual provisioning. To modify the configurations, you need to unsubscribe from CloudDC and then place an order again.

Impact of Expiration

Figure 1 shows the statuses a yearly/monthly CloudDC resource can go throughout its lifecycle. After CloudDC is purchased and provisioned, it enters the subscription term and runs normally during this period. If CloudDC is not renewed after it expires, before being deleted, it first enters a grace period and then a retention period.

Figure 1 Lifecycle of a yearly/monthly CloudDC resource

Expiration Reminder

The system will send you a reminder (by email, SMS, or in-app message) seven days before a yearly/monthly CloudDC resource expires to remind you to renew the subscription.

Impact of Expiration

  • Grace period

    If your yearly/monthly CloudDC resource is not renewed after it expires, it changes to the Expired state and enters a grace period. During the grace period, you can access your CloudDC servers.

  • Retention period

    If the yearly/monthly CloudDC resource is not renewed after the grace period ends, its status turns to Frozen and it enters a retention period. You cannot perform any operations on the CloudDC resource while it is in the retention period.

  • Permanent release

    If the yearly/monthly CloudDC resource is not renewed by the time the retention period ends, the racks, iMetal servers, and CloudDCN network will be released. Huawei Cloud will remove the servers. Services will be interrupted and data cannot be restored.

  • Huawei Cloud defines different grace periods and retention periods for different levels of customers. To view your account level, log in to the management console, click the username in the upper right corner, click Basic Information, and view the level next to the account name.
  • For details about renewal, see Overview.

Information shown in the Status and Billing Mode columns varies depending on CloudDC resource period.

Table 2 Resource statuses in each period

Use Period

Status

Billing Mode

Validity period

Running

Yearly/Monthly

xx days remaining until expiration

Retention period

Frozen

Yearly/Monthly

Frozen. xx days remaining until deletion

Released

Deleted

Yearly/Monthly

Deleted
  • Huawei Cloud defines different grace periods and retention periods for different levels of customers. To view your account level, log in to the management console, click the username in the upper right corner, click Basic Information, and view the level next to the account name.
  • Table 2 describes only the resource statuses when CloudDC is working properly.
  • For details about renewal, see Overview.
Parent topic: Billing Modes