I suggested to add adjustment period after switching to new pricing (in #appengine) and was directed to file a feature request.
Here it is: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=5786 The new pricing is a big change and some behavior of the scheduler and other components that was normal could be considered incorrect under the new pricing. There are also possible bugs related to instance-hour counting. The excessive charges that this could produce are a serious issue but can also be corrected by providing refunds or credits. Quota denials on the other hand cannot be corrected after the fact. For this reason I propose Google to have an adjustment period when the instance-hour quotas for free apps are not enforced. They should produce warnings in the dashboard and maybe even send an email to the app owner but not strictly enforced. This way people will have time to tinker with scheduler settings, report scheduler bugs etcetc On 5 September 2011 17:33, Sergey Schetinin <mal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought that this will obviously be possible, but given the recent > events I don't want to assume anything. > > Here's a very specific question about the scheduler: is there a way to > make sure a free app does not go above free instance-hours quota? The > datastore and other free quotas are a non-issue -- the app will not > consume even a 1% of those. > > If GAE keeps just one instance running the app should fit in the 24hr > free quota. However the scheduler in all its infinite wisdom currently > keeps three instances running for days which is clearly above quota. > > See also my recent question about interaction between deployments and > instance-hours quota. > > I would happily pay for every single bit of resources an app like that > consumes, but not 9/mo for an app that consumes 12mb of memory and > serves about a request a minute especially as I have at least four > apps that fit this profile. I would really want to keep them on GAE > because I want the reliability it provides. > > Thanks, > -Sergey > > -- > http://self.maluke.com/ > > -- > http://self.maluke.com/ > -- http://self.maluke.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.
