| copyright | lastupdated | keywords | subcollection | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2019-05-21 |
storage, capacity, billing, volume |
vpc-on-classic |
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{: #block-storage-pricing}
Pricing for {{site.data.keyword.block_storage_is_short}} is based on the capacity or the IOPS that was provisioned, depending on which storage profile you chose.
| IOPS Tier | Published Monthly rate^1 |
|---|---|
| 3 IOPS/GB | 0.13 USD/GB |
| 5 IOPS/GB | 0.25 USD/GB |
| 10 IOPS/GB | 0.58 USD/GB |
| Custom IOPS | 0.10 USD/GB + 0.07 USD/IOPS |
^1 Published price per month, calculated hourly.
{: #how-are-charges-calculated}
{{site.data.keyword.block_storage_is_short}} is calculated hourly, based on the total number of hours that the block storage volume exists on the account, until the volume is deleted or the end of a billing cycle, whichever comes first. Hourly billing is calculated differently for a predefined IOPS tier than for custom IOPS. See the following examples.
{: #billing-calculation-for-a-volume-with-the-general-purpose-IOPS-tier}
You provision a 1000-GB volume with the general-purpose 3 IOPS/GB tier, then use the volume for 72 hours before you delete it. The total price for the volume is billed by the hour, as follows:
((1000 GB x 0.13 USD/GB)/730 hrs) x 72 hrs = $12.82
{: #billing-calculation-for-a-volume-with-custom-IOPS}
You provision a 1000-GB volume with 2500 IOPS, then use the volume for 72 hours before you delete it. The total price for the volume is billed by the hour, as follows:
(((1000 x 0.10 USD/GB) + (2500 x 0.07 USD)) / 730 hrs) x 72 hrs = $27.12