I am curious how "Always On" will be handled? Right now for $8.40 I get 3 instances always on. Can I still have this? If so will I be billed 3 * .05 * 24 * 30, or will I only be billed for the actual time the instances are "used" ?
On May 12, 11:31 am, Peter Petrov <onest...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, they are different kinds of beasts. But the resources needed to provide > them are the same. And still, the GAE instance costs more than 10 times > higher than a Rackspace VPS consuming the same resources. This is an order > of magnitude difference. > > Being "managed" can justify a higher price, but not 10 times (the > "management" in this case is 100% automated). > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Nischal Shetty > <nischalshett...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > You cannot just compare GAE with Rackspace simply because GAE is unmanaged, > > we don't do a thing. > > > Though I would still maintain that the prices are indeed high. > > > On 12 May 2011 21:46, Peter Petrov <onest...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> My single question for Greg's FAQ: > > >> 1) What is the justification behind the extremely high price for > >> additional instances? > > >> Here is a comparison between a GAE Frontend Python Instance and a small > >> Rackspace Cloud Server: > > >> GAE Frontend Python Instance: > >> ------------------------------------------------- > >> Monthly price: $57.60 ($36.00 if reserved) > >> RAM: 128 MB memory cap > >> CPU: 600 MHz limit > >> Capabilities: Limited by the Python sandbox. No native code execution. > >> Single-threaded right now, possible future multi-threading obstructed by > >> the > >> GIL. > > >> Rackspace Cloud Server 256 MB: > >> ------------------------------------------------- > >> Monthly price: $10.80 > >> RAM: 256 MB fixed > >> CPU: Guaranteed proportional minimum; Free CPU bursting (I'm using the > >> full power of 4 cores 99% of the time) > >> Capabilities: Full-featured Linux box, can do whatever you want on it. > > >> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Kenneth > >> <kennet...@aladdinschools.com>wrote: > > >>> Greg mentioned he was putting together an FAQ so let's help him out! > > >>> If you're going to answer this just put in your question into a single > >>> line, let's not try and answer them here or give opinions, there's plenty > >>> of > >>> other threads for that. I do understand that Google doesn't have answers > >>> to > >>> some these. > > >>> Here's my list: > > >>> 1) What is the time granularity of the instance pricing? ie if I have an > >>> instance up for 5 minutes, what am I charged, $0.08 / 60*5? > >>> 2) Will I be able to tune the scheduler myself, ie set it to performance > >>> or low cost, Will I be able to limit the min or max number of instances > >>> created (with the obvious impact on user experience)? > >>> 3) Python concurrency, will this require any code changes, do you have > >>> any estimates based on your testing of the number of well behaved requests > >>> per second a single instance will be able to handle for a given framework? > >>> 4) Database charges, when can you give us more details over what Max gave > >>> in the other thread, are you charging for deletes, what do you expect the > >>> ratio to be between the new pricing metric and the Datastore API calls > >>> metric we have today? > >>> 5) Will you be charging differently for instances that use different > >>> amounts of memory, since this seems to be the cost that you're going after > >>> that isn't charged for in the current model. > > >>> Thanks, > >>> Kenneth > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "Google App Engine" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Google App Engine" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- > > -Nischal > > +91-9920240474 > > twitter: NischalShetty <http://twitter.com/nischalshetty> > > facebook: Nischal <http://facebook.com/nischal> > > > <http://www.justunfollow.com> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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