diff --git a/docs/get-started/cost-billing/how-pricing-works.md b/docs/get-started/cost-billing/how-pricing-works.md index 3c12f393..60933c0e 100644 --- a/docs/get-started/cost-billing/how-pricing-works.md +++ b/docs/get-started/cost-billing/how-pricing-works.md @@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ the services and billing model. ### CPU/GPU SUs -Service Units (SUs) can only be purchased as a whole unit. We will charge for Pods -and VMs on a per-hour basis for any portion of an hour they are used, and any VM -"flavor"/Pod reservation is charged as a multiplier of the base SU for the maximum -resource they reserve. +Service Units (SUs) can only be purchased as a whole unit. We will charge for +Pods (summed up by Project) and VMs on a per-hour basis for any portion of an +hour they are used, and any VM "flavor"/Pod reservation is charged as a multiplier +of the base SU for the maximum resource they reserve. **GPU SU Example:** -- A Pod or VM with: +- A Project or VM with: `1 A100 GPU, 24 vCPUs, 95MB RAM, 199.2hrs` @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ resource they reserve. `$360.60` -**CPU Example:** +**CPU SU Example:** -- A Pod or VM with: +- A Project or VM with: `3 vCPU, 20 GB RAM, 720hrs (24hr x 30days)` @@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ provisioned until it is deleted. - Will be charged: - `7,200 Storage TB SU (10TB x 720 hrs) x $0.009 TB/hr` + `10 Storage TB SU (10TB x 720 hrs) x $0.009 TB/hr` - `$648` + `$64.80` Storage includes all types of storage Object, Block, Ephemeral & Image. @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Storage includes all types of storage Object, Block, Ephemeral & Image. or GPU but will continue to use storage. Any extra *Images* you create will also use storage. -### High Level Function +### High-Level Function To provide a more practical way to calculate your usage, here is a function of how the calculation works for OpenShift and OpenStack. @@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ hour + Extra storage. You can find the most up-to-date information on the current NERC's OpenStack flavors with corresponding SUs by referring to [this page](../../openstack/create-and-connect-to-the-VM/flavors.md). -2. **OpenShift** = (Resource (vCPU/RAM/vGPU) requested by Pod converted to number -of equivalent SUs) * (time Pod was running), rounded up to a whole hour. +2. **OpenShift** = (Resource (vCPU/RAM) requested by Pod converted to the number +of SU) * (time Pod was running), summed up to project level rounded up to the whole +hour. ## How to Pay?