Costo Storage en Maquina Virtual

Question

Buen dia,
Soy nuevo en esto de Cloud. Cree una maquina virtual (Standard NV6_Promo). La maquina visual solo la prenda en ocasiones y aproximadamente como 4 horas un dia a la semana, pero veo que en mi factura me están cobrando Storage y este cargo esta aumentando cada dia. Mi pregunta es la siguiente: Hay manera de eliminar este cargo, vaya que no se me cargue mas el servicio de Storage, o bien a que se refiere esto porque tengo entendido que al pagar por la VM también estoy pagando por el tamaño de disco que tiene interno.

Answer 1

@Josue Mendez Is the VM charged? Azure doesn’t charge for the VM core hours while it is Stopped (Deallocated). You continue to accrue charges for the Azure storage needed for the VM’s OS disk and any attached data disks.

If the VM Deallocated? You are right about Azure VMs not being charged when they are in the Stopped (Deallocated) state. However, depending on the disks that you have attached (For EX: NC6 VM, you will be charged for the storage space currently being occupied and if this is a SSD disk then that would explain the associated price you see here. If the empty 100GB disk is backed by a Premium Storage Account then you will be charged for a P0 (128GB) disk. If any other type of Storage Account is used then you’ll only be billed for the storage space used to store the data that is written to the disk regardless of the allocated disk size.)

Storage capacity is billed in units of the average daily amount of data stored, in gigabytes (GB), over a monthly period. For example, if you consistently used 10 GB of storage for the first half of the month and none for the second half of the month, you would be billed for your average usage of 5 GB of storage. However, using the Cool (GPv2 accounts only) or Archive tier for less than 30 and 180 days respectively will incur an additional charge.

If the Virtual Machine is stopped from inside the VM by issuing a shutdown command, It will result in a Stopped (Allocated State). In this state the VM is charged for the CPU and memory allocation and not for license. When a VM is shutdown from the Azure portal it gets to a Stopped (Deallocated) state, where the VM is not charged for any resources. Note: the VM image stored in the storage still will be billed for the normal storage rate.

Shutting down a VM when not in use, is a great cost saver. One can choose to shutdown or boot up a VM any number of times depending on their business needs. Here is a quick reference for automating this if you need.

How do I check that the VM has been stopped correctly and I will no longer be billed for it?

A: If the status says “Stopped (deallocated)”, then you will no longer be billed for it. To stop a VM, sign in to Azure portal. As the storage and RIP associated with the VM continue to occupy resources after the VM has been stopped, unless you delete the VM, you will continue to be charged for storage and RIP.

Explanation of Billing for Azure Core Services

For more information: Make sure when it is stopped it should be deallocated state, If your have any attached storage, you will still be incurring charges for that - Premium disk will incur charges for the entirety of the volume size used or unused while standard storage will incur charges for used space

If you still find any difficulties in pricing, Free billing and subscription management support has been provided.

Hope this helps!

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Answer 2

Muchísimas gracias por la información! Perfectamente explicado.

Saludos.

Answer 3

Informacion valiosa, pero no logro bajar el cargo mensual de almacenamiento aunque mi VM no me cueste tanto.

Saludos