I have two Linodes and they are pre-paid for quite some time. They are running very old software. Instead of updating them in-place I want to make two new nodes, re-point DNS records, and then turn off the old ones. That's a pretty standard practice to make smooth upgrades to new systems without downtime.

I was just curious how this much would cost. I think I found the answer in the documentation, I just want to confirm this is 100% correct, so I don't end up accidentally spending a bunch of money.



So if I buy two Linodes, temporarily having four in total, the only additional charge will be for the short period of time the two extra nodes are up. Once I turn the old nodes off, the price I paid for them will be credited to the account and will pay for the continued existence of the new nodes as if they were the original ones. Is this correct?

Are the new Linodes going to be the same plan as the old ones? If so, you could open a ticket after adding the new Linodes, and have us swap the billing packages.

This means you would add two new Linodes (with the same plan) on the monthly billing cycle. You'd then open a ticket and request the packages be swapped. Your old Linodes would then be monthly, and the new ones would be pre-paid.

-Tim

Yes, they are going to be the same plan, so I will do exactly that. Thank you.