Does a shelved NovaGPU use credit?

When you shelve a NovaGPU instance, it is essentially paused. This means the GPU compute resources are no longer running, helping you optimize and reduce usage costs since there is no active GPU processing.

However, there are a few important things to note:

• The instance’s configuration and state are preserved, so you can easily unshelve it later and continue from where you left off.
• Any associated resources, such as volume storage and a reserved IP address, are still retained while the instance is shelved.
• These retained resources are still chargeable and will continue to consume cloud credit, even though the GPU itself is not in use.

In summary, shelving stops GPU usage (no GPU charges), but storage and reserved IPs will still incur charges.