+1 On 4 September 2011 03:51, Joshua Smith <joshuaesm...@charter.net> wrote: > Yes, that certainly seems possible. But it's a lot more trouble than just > having a way to say to the scheduler, "run these when you have an idle > instance with nothing better to do," or "DO NOT spin up an instance just to > handle this task" > > On Sep 3, 2011, at 12:14 PM, peterk wrote: > >> You can pull from task queues instead of having them push, right? That >> could help a lot where task queues are the source of instance spin up. >> I'd even be happy to dedicated a back-end to task queue pull-work if >> it was necessary - at least that is totally under your control. >> >> >> >> On Sep 3, 5:05 pm, Joshua Smith <joshuaesm...@charter.net> wrote: >>> I also identified task queues as the source of my excessive instances. I >>> suspect this is a quite common issue, and together with datastore access >>> bugs (sorry, but you never should have written it like that) like the one >>> you found, are conspiring to make a lot of these crazy new billing numbers. >>> >>> I think a lot of people just need to take a deep breath and look at their >>> apps the way you did. It's certainly a lot less work than migrating to EC2. >>> >>> On Sep 3, 2011, at 6:16 AM, Emlyn wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi all, >>> >>>> I don't think I've posted here before, but I've been an appengine user >>>> for a while now (closing on 2 years? Is that even possible?). And like >>>> many, I had a rude shock with the new pricing (going from $0.50/day to >>>> $50/day). >>> >>>> However, I dug into what I'm actually being charged for, and I think >>>> it's all actually in my control to sort out, and that in itself is >>>> sort of fascinating. I wrote a long blog post on this, which people >>>> might find interesting. >>> >>>> The Amazing Story Of Appengine And The Two Orders Of Magnitude >>>> http://point7.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/the-amazing-story-of-appengine... >>> >>>> I'd be really grateful for feedback, especially if I've gotten >>>> anything wildly wrong. I haven't actually made any of the changes that >>>> I've foreshadowed in the post, that's for the next day or two, and >>>> I'll write a followup article on how it goes. >>> >>>> Thanks in advance for having a look! >>> >>>> -- >>>> Emlyn >>> >>>> http://my.syyn.cc- Synchonise Google+, Facebook, WordPress and Google >>>> Buzz posts, >>>> comments and all. >>>> http://point7.wordpress.com- My blog >>>> Find me on Facebook and Buzz >>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> athttp://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. >> > > -- > 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. > >
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