Does DevOps free 5GB reset monthly?

I’m a bit confused how it works. It says there’s a 5GB limit but we were able to commit more than that without any issue (it said “Storage used in GB: 7 / 5 GB”), but this obviously pushed us over the 3720 GB monthly limit.

However since the repo was frozen and made read only (until we upgrade) months passed, but it’s still locked. I assumed the 3720 GB limit resets the next cycle/month and it did (currently 1,723/3720 GB-Hours), but the whole page it’s still red and wants me to upgrade!

Does this mean the 5GB for a month is a one time (month) deal and that’s it? Basically a gateway drug? I guess it’s time to head back to Github.

It’s reset every month but if you surpass the 3720 GB/month limit you have to pay the extra storage and then unlocks. You can go back the free tier after that.

  • This dashboard does not show the GB used in your billing cycle. This dashboard shows how the GB/hours. It explains why you are seeing a growing number even if the storage value for your repo is static.

  • The DevOps free tier is 5GB/hour = 5GB * 24 hours* 31 days = 3720 GB a month to spend.
    eg: you could potentially upload 180GB in 2 hours. Then delete the changeset and you won’t be charged that month.

I understand that the GB/hour metric can be very confusing. Especially while your storage is static, this metric is still growing during the month.

You get billed at the end of the month, checking if you have exceeded the 3720 GB in a month (5GB/hour24hour/day31 days).

So:

  • You can have a repo that is 5GB+ (if you delete changesets or the whole repo before surpassing that limit). For example, you could upload a 10GB repo, leave it half a month, and won’t surpass that 3720GB/month = 10GBx24x15 days= 3600.

  • You could exceed that 5GB in a single hour, again uploading a 10GB repo in one hour and delete changeset/repository before exceeding the limit (reminder that the repo stays for a week when deleted, to be able to be recovered). For example, upload a 10GB changeset and delete it after a day, would consume 10GBx24 = 240GB/month, way under the monthly limit.

Please let us know if it helps.

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