hey! im on dev stage and i dont want to pay when im not working. how can i do it? thanks
Hi,
It totally depends on what kind of service your development needs. For example, GPU instances are billed for every 10 minute use so you can deploy a GPU instance and work as long as you need and then delete it.
Your data can remain on a storage volume and you pay for that if you need to keep the data for later use.
thanks so if i delete I still need to pay? how does it work? if so ho much? and if i need to recreate, what’s the best approach?
If you delete your Instance, you’ll stop paying for the compute right away. However, any storage that you keep(e.g. block volumes) will still be billed based on how much space you’re using.
We’d recommend saving your data on a Detached Volume, delete the instance when you’re not working and simply create a new one later and reattach the storage. With this approach, you only pay for the storage while you’re away and GPU time when you’re actually working.
Alternatively, if you don’t need the data at all, you can delete both the Instance and the Volume so there are no charges at all.
can it be done by cli/api?
Yes, please check out our API Manual here!