Volume billing clarification - can't scale down after data cleanup
galnaaman
PROOP

3 months ago

Hi Railway team,

I have a PostgreSQL database on Railway that previously grew to ~120GB due to cached media

files. I've since cleaned up the data and my actual usage is now only ~9GB.

However, I noticed that volumes cannot be scaled down once expanded. My volume is currently

provisioned at 200GB.

According to your documentation, you mention "you only pay for what you use" - I wanted to

clarify:

1. Am I billed for the 200GB provisioned volume size, or only the ~9GB actually used?

2. If billing is based on provisioned size, is there a way to reduce the volume size or

migrate to a smaller volume?

My current cost estimates seem high and I want to make sure I understand the billing model

correctly.

Thanks for your help!

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brody
EMPLOYEE

3 months ago

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0x5b62656e5d
FREETop 1% Contributor

3 months ago

You are only billed for what you are using, not what you have provisioned.

If you have a disk that has 200GB allocated to it but are only using 9GB, you will only be billed for that 9GB.

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