Post-payment means paying by usage, in this mode, you can pay for the usage of Palo according to the usage duration and can stop paying at any time to release the cluster.

It is necessary, before purchasing the cluster, to ensure that there is no arrears in the account, and that the sum of the account balance and the available vouchers is greater than or equal to 100 yuan.

Post-payment charging formula

Cost = unit price × number of nodes × usage time

Node package specifications

• Balanced 1 type

  Node configuration	CPU (Core)	Memory (GB)	SSD cloud disk (GB)	Unit price (Yuan/min/node)
  Leader Node	4	16	100	0.0345
  Compute Node	4	16	200	0.0370

• Balanced 2 type

  Node configuration	CPU (Core)	Memory (GB)	SSD Cloud disk (GB)	Unit price (Yuan/min/node)
  Leader Node	8	32	200	0.0691
  Compute Node	8	32	500	0.0764

• Balanced 3 type

  Node configuration	CPU (Core)	Memory (GB)	SSD Cloud disk (GB)	Unit price (Yuan/min/node)
  Leader Node	16	32	200	0.0901
  Compute Node	16	64	200	0.1332

• Storage 1 type

  Node configuration	CPU (Core)	Memory (GB)	SSD Cloud disk (GB)	Unit price (Yuan/min/node)
  Leader Node	8	32	200	0.0691
  Compute Node	8	32	1024	0.0893

• Storage 2 type

  Node configuration	CPU (Core)	Memory (GB)	SSD Cloud disk (GB)	Unit price (Yuan/min/node)
  Leader Node	16	32	200	0.0901
  Compute Node	32	64	4096	0.2707

• Storage 3 type

  Node configuration	CPU (Core)	Memory (GB)	High performance cloud disk (GB)	Unit price (Yuan/min/node)
  Leader Node	16	32	200	0.0901
  Compute Node	16	64	4096	0.1635

• Storage 4 type

  Node configuration	CPU (Core)	Memory (GB)	High performance cloud disk (GB)	Unit price (Yuan/min/node)
  Leader Node	16	32	200	0.0901
  Compute Node	16	64	2048	0.1460

• Calculation 1 type

  Node configuration	CPU (Core)	Memory (GB)	SSD Cloud disk (GB)	Unit price (Yuanmin/node)
  Leader Node	16	32	200	0.0901
  Compute Node	32	64	500	0.1826

Note: the configurations that can be selected for different types and regions of users may be different, and the configurations that can be purchased are displayed in Console.

Charging rules

According to the configuration and number of instance models you choose, Baidu data repository Palo charges according to the usage time (minute level). Specific pricing rules are as follows:

• Charging by minute, and less than one minute is counted as one minute.
• Charging starts when the order is submitted and the cluster instance is in the running state, .
• Charging stops when the cluster is deleted and all resources are released immediately.
• Charging still continues when the cluster is stopped because the resources have not been released; if the charging needs to be stopped, delete the cluster and release the resources.

Insufficient balance and arrears

Reminder of insufficient balance：

• According to the amount of your bill in the last three days, the system judges whether your account balance (including available vouchers) is enough to pay for the next three days. If not, the system will send a renewal reminder.
• According to the amount of your bill in the latest day, the system judges whether your account balance (including available vouchers) is enough to pay for the next day . If not, the system will send a renewal reminder.

Treatment of arrears：

• When your account balance is 0 yuan and you cannot pay the Palo service bill, you are in arrears. And the system will send a notice of arrears.
• The service will stop immediately after arrears, and the system will send a notice of arrears. In order not to affect your service, it is recommended that you make sure that there is enough money in your account is enough to pay for normal service when using Palo service.
• After 7 days of arrears, the system will automatically delete the service and release resources if the account has not been recharged.