In fact, you can't set min idle instances to 3 but 4, 8, 9, 10, etc. Ok let's go for 4.
Over the previous 2h15 test period, about 700 requests were served, 2.4% of them were user-facing requests. On Friday, January 18, 2013 10:45:38 PM UTC+1, Francois Masurel wrote: > > Ok, with 2 idle instances I had 20 loading requests over the last 2h15. > > Among them only 3 where warmup requests, the other were user facing > requests. > > Here is the instances chart : > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JxgR5_VgpSE/UPnBKVmp3UI/AAAAAAAAz_E/9hq1Hac0JuY/s1600/Dashboard+-+VinoCities+-+Google+Chrome.jpg> > One of the resident instance was almost never used : only one request > served over a 4h38 period (cf. below). > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1t-rQGD192k/UPnBgiJO3RI/AAAAAAAAz_M/lBH6DM_kjlk/s1600/Instances+-+VinoCities+-+Google+Chrome.jpg> > Should I try with 3 min idle instances ? I'll give it a try. > > Does it just mean that GAE Java is simply not compatible with low traffic > web sites ? > > Could we have an official statement from Google about this ? > > Thanx in advance. > > François > > > > On Friday, January 18, 2013 6:07:22 PM UTC+1, Francois Masurel wrote: >> >> Here is my dashboard instance graph. >> >> First part is with 1 min idle instance, second part with min idle >> instance set to auto. >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xVIJBwSd04o/UPmA5FfU4QI/AAAAAAAAz54/Q5VvUGSsAPM/s1600/Dashboard+-+VinoCities+-+Google+Chrome.jpg> >> I have just set min idle instances to 2 and see how it goes. >> >> François >> >> >> On Friday, January 18, 2013 5:11:47 PM UTC+1, Tom Phillips wrote: >>> >>> Hi Francois, >>> >>> Don't set min idles to automatic, set it to a high enough number that >>> over time Total instances (blue) == Billed instances (green). Leave >>> max idles and the two latency settings at automatic. >>> >>> If you do have min idles configured, can you post a screencap of your >>> instances graph? >>> >>> /Tom >>> >>> On Jan 18, 8:45 am, Francois Masurel <f.masu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Things are getting worse : 20 loading requests for the last 23 minutes >>> > (about 20% of all requests). >>> > >>> > Could I have an explanation ? >>> > >>> > What am I doing wrong ? I'm really lost :-( >>> > >>> > App Id : vncts1 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Friday, January 18, 2013 2:25:17 PM UTC+1, Francois Masurel wrote: >>> > >>> > > I have been testing full automatic mode for the last hours (all >>> > > application settings set to automatic). >>> > >>> > > Still getting quite a few user-facing loading requests (~20 per >>> hour, 5% >>> > > of all requests), there is no more warmup requests in the logs. >>> > >>> > > One dynamic instance has been alive since the beginning of the test >>> and is >>> > > getting most of the traffic. >>> > >>> > > Are these numbers normal ? >>> > >>> > > François >>> > >>> > > App Id: vncts1 >>> > >>> > > On Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:21:16 PM UTC+1, Francois Masurel >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > >> Hi Tom, >>> > >>> > >> Thanx for your suggestion, that's just the settings I'm testing at >>> the >>> > >> moment. >>> > >>> > >> Seems to reduce significantly user-facing requests but will quite >>> > >> increase my bill (x4) :-( >>> > >>> > >> May be it will be worth it. >>> > >>> > >> I'll tell you how it goes. >>> > >>> > >> François >>> > >>> > >> On Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:11:56 PM UTC+1, Tom Phillips >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> Make sure on your instances graph that the blue "Total" line is >>> not >>> > >>> often, ideally only under unforeseen bursts, going higher than the >>> > >>> green "Billed" line. >>> > >>> > >>> Total(blue) > Billed(green): you aren't charged for the delta >>> between >>> > >>> Total and Billed, but lower QOS for users (assuming your startup >>> time >>> > >>> is high) since they get most loading requests. >>> > >>> Total(blue) == Billed(green): Your /_ah/warmup gets all loading >>> > >>> requests, optimal QOS >>> > >>> > >>> This is just what I've observed (leaving max idles and min/max >>> latency >>> > >>> at automatic). Unless you have magically low startup latency, >>> boost >>> > >>> min idles until Total == Billed consistently. >>> > >>> > >>> /Tom >>> > >>> > >>> On Jan 17, 11:56 am, Francois Masurel <f.masu...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > For my low traffic website I have found that 50 new instances >>> were >>> > >>> started >>> > >>> > during the last 2 hours and 22 minutes (taken from logs >>> searching for >>> > >>> "new >>> > >>> > process"). >>> > >>> > >>> > Seems quite a lot for me as I already have a resident instance. >>> > >>> > >>> > But what annoys me the most is that, among those 50 loading >>> requests, >>> > >>> 20 >>> > >>> > were user-facing requests (40%) and 5 were cron requests (10%). >>> > >>> > >>> > Is it normal behavior ? Thanx for your help. >>> > >>> > >>> > François >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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