Overview
File volume is only part of a storage budget. When discussing content storage and delivery with WAFGO, include replicas, retention, access frequency and charges from the existing storage provider.
This is a storage-selection and budgeting guide, not a claim of an available object-storage product, specific regional replicas or free origin transfer. Confirm available arrangements and charges separately.
Measure capacity over time and across copies
The month-end file size may not equal billable monthly storage. Confirm the averaging or accumulation method and whether replicas, old versions and backups are measured separately.
Active content
Record growth and access frequency by file type, separating popular content, retained archives and temporary files.
Regional replicas
Additional copies can change storage and replication charges; geographical redundancy should not be assumed free.
Versions and backups
Include rollback versions, deleted-object retention and backup capacity together with the recovery process.
Separate storage, operations and transfer
Capacity, read/write operations, cross-region replication and public transfer may be charged separately. With a CDN, distinguish origin-side costs from delivery-side costs.
| Cost component | What to check |
|---|---|
| Capacity over time | Units, sampling, and treatment of versions and replicas |
| Requests and management operations | Separate charges for reads, writes, listing, deletion or restoration |
| Data transfer | Origin fetches, cross-region sync and public download boundaries |
| Migration and exit | Initial import, bulk export and service-exit charges |
Reduce unnecessary copies through lifecycle planning
Where retention requirements permit, reviewing stale versions, temporary artifacts and duplicate media can matter more than a single capacity rate. Validate recovery needs before removing anything.
- Assign ownership, retention periods and deletion approval to each content class.
- Evaluate archive recovery time and retrieval charges rather than storage price alone.
- Before migration, check object counts, checksums, permissions and the exit process.
Implementation & checks
- 01
Inventory content
Count capacity, growth, versions and replicas.
- 02
Map cost dimensions
List storage, operation, replication and transfer charges.
- 03
Validate migration
Use a small sample to verify costs and recovery.