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Contact UsHow is this different from Optimized Cloud?
Mostly billing and scale. Optimized Cloud plans are billed monthly and are tuned in four directions for steady, always-on workloads. VX plans are billed hourly and go considerably larger, which suits work that is intense but temporary.
If the server will run permanently, compare the monthly total of both before choosing.
What does it cost for a full month?
Multiply the hourly rate by roughly 730. The plan table shows the hourly figure because that is what you are actually charged; the monthly equivalent is arithmetic rather than a separate price.
Is anything charged when I order?
No. There is nothing to collect up front on an hourly plan. You add a payment method to authorise the order and it is charged when the invoice for your recorded hours is raised.
Can I resize a VX server?
You can move up within the same family — more cores and memory on the same machine — but not across into a different family. Storage attached at deployment stays with the server, so choose the disk size with a little room to grow.
Does stopping the server stop the charges?
No. The allocation is held for you while it is stopped, so it continues to bill. Destroying the server is what ends it. Take a snapshot first if you want to restore the same disk later.
Which one should I pick for a database?
Memory Optimized, in almost every case. Databases are usually limited by how much of the working set fits in RAM, and the Memory plans carry twice the memory per core. Match the memory figure to your dataset and let the core count follow.