How does IBM Message Hub count and bill for partitions created

Question

According to Bluemix, IBM Message hub is billed based on (a) "number of partitions created (calculated daily)" and (b) the number of messages sent. Each partition created, it says, costs $10.

In our case, we have unit tests which execute multiple times a day, to make sure our code that creates and deletes partitions works properly. Each time the unit test runs, a partition is created and then deleted.

If my unit test runs 10 times a day, but deletes every partition it creates, will I be charged $100/day? Or will I be charged $0 because I always cleaned up after myself?

Answer 1

Mike,

we frequently sample the number of partitions used. So if you always create 1 and then delete it, you will be charged at most for one.

HTH