Google Cloud Storage: what happens to billing after storage class change on an object

Google Cloud Compute Infrastructure
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I would need to better understand what it happens to billing when I change the storage class of an object.

Imagine I have a bucket on Google Cloud Storage; inside the bucket I have an object of 100Gb saved as Nearline. Then after 15 days I will change the class of this object to Standard. As the nearline has a retention period of 30 days, it is not clear how I have to calculate the price. Considering the whole month, do I have to consider a 15 days of storage at nearline + “early deletion” period of 15 days, and at last another 15 days of storage at Standard class price?

Regards, Matteo

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Hi @agodoo ,

Your understanding appears to be consistent with the following description at https://cloud.google.com/storage/pricing#early-delete:

> at the time you delete, replace, or move the object, you are charged as if the object was stored for the minimum duration.

I’ve posted a suggestion (internally) to add example based on your use case in https://cloud.google.com/storage/pricing-examples#early-delete.