Billing items of SQL Server involve instance types, database editions, instance specifications, storage space and backup space. The following table describes the detailed items.
Item | Description of Billing Items | Billing Modes
| Formula
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Instance Specifications
| Calculation factors: CPU, memory, instance type, database engine edition. Instance types with different specifications feature different computation, storage, and HA capabilities.
| Annual/monthly and pay-as-you-go billing.
| Unit price of instance type x Required duration |
Storage Space
| Calculation factor: storage space, billed based on the unified standard.
| Annual/monthly and pay-as-you-go billing.
| Unit price of storage price x Storage capacity x Required duration
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Backup Space
| Calculation factor: backup space, billed based on the unified standard.
| • ZOS: Pay-as-you-go • Elastic Volume Service (EVS): Annual/monthly subscription and pay-as-you-go billing
| Unit price of backup space x Billed backup capacity x Billed duration ² Description Billed backup capacity: For backup in ZOS, you can get the same size of backup space as your storage space for free. The backup capacity exceeding the free part will be billed.
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Cross-Region Backup (Optional)
| Calculation factor: storage capacity for cross-region backup, billed based on the unified standard.
| Pay-As-You-Go
| Unit price of storage price x Storage capacity x Required duration |