I've been keeping an eye on AWS Elastic Beanstalk (http:// aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/) and looking forward to the day they roll out the Python version. With Beanstalk it seems Amazon is moving towards providing some of the auto-scaling functionality we've become accustomed to on GAE (and at no additional cost). It would certainly make the transition easier if it ever comes to that.
Also EC2 does have a free usage tier for new customers. On May 29, 8:27 pm, Barry Hunter <barrybhun...@gmail.com> wrote: > For what it worth, I dont think it fair to compare a GAE instance like for > like to a VPS. > > they are very different 'beasts'. GAE in theory provides you much more. > Google handle all the setup, configuration, provisioning, load balancing. > > Granted it does seem expensive, if you only using equivient of one VPS. But > once you start need to manage multiple VPSs, provision load-balancers, > re-provision in case of failure etc, make backups. All that happens > 'magicically' with GAE. > > Dont forget you also get a free quota of instance hours too. > > On 30 May 2011 01:06, 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.html > >http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/ServerPremiumDualCoreM > >http://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. -- 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.
