Pricing
(Document status: wip)
A Pricing Table defines the terms under which a given provider is willing to rent its compute resources for running pods. The Pricing Table is typically represented using a Protobuf object encoding the prices for reserving or using certain resources.
| resource | typical usage | suggested/example metrics |
|---|---|---|
cpu | reserve (while application is running) | kube_pod_resource_request{pod, resource=cpu} |
memory | reserve (while application is running) | kube_pod_resource_request{pod, resource=memory} |
storage | reserve (incl. while application is stopped) | kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes{namespace} |
nvidia.com/gpu(|shared) | reserve | kube_pod_resource_request{pod, resource=nvidia.com/gpu(|.shared)} |
apocryph.network/ip | reserve | kube_service_spec_type{namespace, type=NodePort} |
kubernetes.io/(in|e)gress-bandwidth | usage | nginx_ingress_controller_nginx_process_(read|write)_bytes_total |
The pricing table must encompass all essential billing details for clients, and it might be as straightforward as this:
| Resource | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | N° of Cores/ N° of vCPUs | $0.0001 VCPU(min/s/ms) |
| RAM Capacity | Capacity (ex: GB) | $0.00001 GB/(min/s/ms) |
| Storage | Type (e.g., Block, Object) | $0.00001 GB/(min/s/ms) |
| GPU (Optional) | Model | $0.0001 per Execution (min/s/ms) |
Or it could be split into categories with more detailed information:
Compute Pricing
-
CPU
Resource Description Number of Cores vCPUs Model TEE Type Price per Unit CPU Processing power Cores vCPUs Intel, AMD, ARM, ...etc Enclaves, CVMs, ..etc $0.0001 VCPU(min/s/ms)
-
Ram
Resource Description Capacity Price RAM Memory capacity Capacity (ex: 1GB) $0.00001 GB/(min/s/ms)
Storage Pricing
| Resource | Description | Capacity | Storage Type | Price per Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | Storage resources | Capacity (ex: 10GB) | Block, Object, ...etc | $000001 per GB(min/s/ms) |
References:
- Kube Scheduler Metrics, 2 - resource requests/limits
- Kube State Metrics - resource definitions
- CAdvisor Metrics - resource usage
- Ingress Nginx Metrics