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Instance FAQs

Will there be a reminder when the instance expires?​

Yes. For monthly or weekly subscription products, the system will send an SMS reminder every day starting 3 days before the subscription expires. For daily subscription products, the system will send an SMS reminder 6 hours before expiration.

Can the billing mode of an instance be changed?​

Yes. On the Instance Management page of the console, click More → Change Billing Mode. In the pop-up window, select the billing method you want to change to. This operation can only be performed while the instance is running.
If the previous billing method was daily, weekly, or monthly, the system will recalculate all used fees according to the newly selected billing mode. Please note that in some cases, it may be more cost-effective not to change the billing mode.

How are the CPU and memory of an instance allocated?​

The number of CPU cores and memory for an instance is calculated based on the total GPU count of the physical machine.

For example, if you rent a server with 64 CPU cores, 256GB memory, and 8 GPUs, and you only rent 1 GPU, then the allocation will be:

  • CPU: 64 cores / 8 GPUs = 8 CPU cores
  • Memory: 256GB / 8 GPUs = 32GB

Please note that commands like free or top show the physical machine’s resources, not the instance’s allocated limits. To check the actual CPU and memory assigned to the instance, refer to Instance Monitoring.
If a process exceeds the allocated memory limit, it will be forcibly terminated (OOM) by the instance system.