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On May 29, 8:06 pm, Ugorji <ugo...@gmail.com> wrote: > The other threads don't address this in isolation. I'm hoping Greg can > address this in his updated document. > > *On-demand pricing (using 1.2 GHz processor for baseline compute):* > > GAE Frontend: 128MB RAM, 1.2 GHz processor ... cost 0.08cents/IH > GAE Backend: 256MB RAM, 1.2 GHz processor ... costs 0.16cents/IH > > *Compare With:* > Amazon EC2 micro instance: 613MB RAM, ~1.2 GHz processor (burst to > ~2.4GHz). > --> COST: 0.02cents/IH > --> SUMMARY: GAE costs 4X on front end with 1/4 RAM, and 8X on backend, with > 1/2 RAM > 1and1 DEDICATED server: 2 X 2.2 GHz CPU, 2GB RAM. > --> COST: $60/month (roughly 0.08cents/IH) > --> SUMMARY: GAE provides 1/8 RAM and 1/4 CPU for equal pricing > > *Closing* > It's hard to understand or justify how the hosting prices can jump so > aggressively that they are not even close to being competitive against other > established players (like Amazon). It feels atypical of what we would expect > from Google. > > ** Note that this comparison is just for the hosting prices. This is fair > since the APIs are charged separately (so are not compared here). > > *References:*http://www.google.com/enterprise/appengine/appengine_pricing.htmlhttp://order.1and1.com/xml/order/ServerPremiumDualCoreMhttp://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloud_hosting_products/servers/pricing/http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/ -- 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.
