On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Stephen <sdeasey+gro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Jeff Schnitzer <j...@infohazard.org> wrote: >> >> http://www.linode.com/index.cfm >> http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloud_hosting_products/servers/pricing/ >> http://www.slicehost.com/ >> http://prgmr.com/xen/ > > I wonder if the above don't mention cpu because it is ample and nobody > cares, or they are skimping and don't want to highlight it. Seems like > they divide the box according to ram, and whatever portion that is, > you get a similar portion of the box's cpu. If they're buying the same > boxes as everyone else it probably works out the same.
If that performance comparison is accurate, it seems that EC2 is the one skimping. The difference in performance between Linode and EC2 is staggering... 2-6 times the performance for cpu-bound activities. > Anyway, if Google's primary concern is ram the new pricing scheme > still discriminates against efficiency. Sure, charging by instance > uptime accounts for large idle instances, but many Python apps manage > with 15MB where as an Enterprise Java app might need 75-100MB. Interesting point. But even if a Java appserver requires 6X the RAM, it will be more efficient if concurrency is higher than 6 (presuming the process isn't cpu-bound - which very few frontend apps are). And while most python apps may stay under 30M, not all do. > Maybe they should charge for ram? Greg: > > Q: You seem to be trying to account for RAM in the new model. Will I > be able to purchase Frontend Instances that use different amounts of > memory? > A: We are only planning on having one size of Frontend Instance. It is an interesting question. On the other hand, I prefer a simpler billing and development model. I would hate to have to run a bunch of tests to measure exactly how small an instance will fit my app... one of the nice things about GAE is how it takes these infrastructurey problems off of my list of concerns. Jeff -- 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.
