Azure Pricing

[Grant Molloy]

Hi list..

Azure has always baffled me a bit with their pricing..  I'm looking into
something for my employer and looking at the costs here,
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/ and trying to
work out the cost of storing files starting from scratch..

So with this following scenario, can anyone confirm my pricing examples?
So lets say I have 0 files in Azure to start with.
If each month 5,000 5mb files are uploaded (giving approx 25.6GB of files
at the end of the month), and each file is written only 1 time, but read 3
times.


*BLOB storage *prices (from above link)..
+ Storage - GRS (COOL) - First 100TB/M $0.0382 (is prorata'd)
+ Access - GRS (COOL) - Put (/10,000) $0.2547
- Other (/10,000)   $0.0127
- Retrieval (GB) $0.0127
-  Write (GB)   $0.0064
- GRS (GB)   $0.1528  (geographical redundancy)

Example:
END OF FIRST MONTH
Storage: 25.6/2 x ((0.0382/100)*0.025)  NOTE: have halved data amount to
give an average for the month, as you're not paying for the full 25.6GB of
storage for the whole month.
12.8 * 0.0955 = $ 0.00012224
Access: PUT: 0.2547/10k * 5k = $ 0.12735
READ: 25.6GB * 3 * 0.0127 = $ 0.97536
GRS:  25.6GB * 0.1528 = $ 3.91168
*$$  5.01451224*

END OF 2nd MONTH
Storage: (25.6GB + 25.6/2) x ((0.0382/100)*(0.025+0.025/2))
38.4GB x (0.000382 * 0.0375)
38.4GB x 0.14325 = $ 0.00055008
Access: PUT: 0.2547/10k * 5k = $ 0.12735
READ: 25.6GB * 3 * 0.0127 = $ 0.97536
GRS:  25.6GB * 0.1528 = $ 3.91168
*$$  5.01494008*


*FILE storage* (prices from above link too)
File Storage
+ Storage - GRS Per GB $0.1401
+ Access - GRS - Put (/10k) $0.3821
- List (/10k) $0.1911
- Other (/10k) $0.0191
Example.
END OF FIRST MONTH
Storage: 25.6GB/2 x 0.1401 = $  1.79
Put: (0.3821 / 10k * 5k) = $  0.19
Read: (0.0191 / 10k * 5k) x 3 = $  0.03
 *$$  2.01*
END OF 2nd MONTH
Storage: (25.6 + 25.6/2)GB x 0.1401 = $ 5.38
Put: (0.3821 / 10k * 5k) = $  0.19
Read: (0.0191 / 10k * 5k) x 3 = $  0.03
* $$  5.60*

Do these calculations look correct ??

Re: Anyone using HockeyApp?

[Greg Keogh]

Sorry .. the VS2015 wizard did eventually upload the zip. I looked 10
minutes later at the web pages and I noticed a new app icon. So it zipped
and uploaded my UWP app completely silently -- *GK*

On 25 July 2016 at 18:34, Stephen Price  wrote:

> Hmm. I just started working with HockeyApp for my own project. I didn't
> see anywhere any restrictions so am not even sure what plan I am on. Seems
> really nice!
>
>
> I've now successfully deployed to Android and iOS devices. the iOS was a
> big headache until I worked out I had to add the device UDID to the
> provisioning profile, THEN build it, THEN deploy that IAP for the new
> device.
>
> Shame it doesn't work like the Android where you just invite the user via
> email and then bam, they can install the app.
>
> The UDID identifier is in the docs, but I hadn't read them at all until I
> got the cryptic "Unable to Download" error it was giving me.
>
>
> Ping me if you get stuck, it wasn't real obvious but everything else just
> worked. Better than TestFlight (which I only looked at as an option) mainly
> because I think that only does your iOS devices (and the app has to go
> through some review process to be available to the external users).
>
>
> I'm wondering what the deployment to Windows Phone users process is (does
> HockeyApp support em? Doesn't seem to).
> --
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  on
> behalf of Greg Keogh 
> *Sent:* Monday, 25 July 2016 2:51:53 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Anyone using HockeyApp?
>
> Folks, I just became aware of HockeyApp
>  and I can authenticate into it
> using my MSDN credentials. It tells me I'm on the default free plan where I
> can create 2 apps. From a quick eye over the KB articles it looks quite
> impressive and helpful, but I'll probably need a $30/month account. My
> subscriptions are starting to mount up and become a small financial burden
> (MSDN, Office 365, Apple Dev account, Cloud storage, email forwarding, etc)
> so before I commit to HockeyApp and burn more dosh I must ask if anyone
> here is using it in anger and getting good value?
>
> *GK*
>

Re: Anyone using HockeyApp?

[Greg Keogh]

Pardon me, I have one more public question on this ... In VS2015-3 I used
HockeyApp > Distribute > and I sign in fill in the wizard steps and it all
looks great, but at the end when I click Finish the dialog closes and
nothing happens. I look around, but nothing has happened. What did that
wizard do?

In the HockeyApp web pages I attempted to create a new app and it prompts
me to drag-drop the zip file into the page. I do this, but my whopping 65MB
file (re my comments last week) looks like it will take about 2 hours to
upload.

Hmmm, off to a bad start.

 -- *GK*

On 25 July 2016 at 18:34, Stephen Price  wrote:

> Hmm. I just started working with HockeyApp for my own project. I didn't
> see anywhere any restrictions so am not even sure what plan I am on. Seems
> really nice!
>
>
> I've now successfully deployed to Android and iOS devices. the iOS was a
> big headache until I worked out I had to add the device UDID to the
> provisioning profile, THEN build it, THEN deploy that IAP for the new
> device.
>
> Shame it doesn't work like the Android where you just invite the user via
> email and then bam, they can install the app.
>
> The UDID identifier is in the docs, but I hadn't read them at all until I
> got the cryptic "Unable to Download" error it was giving me.
>
>
> Ping me if you get stuck, it wasn't real obvious but everything else just
> worked. Better than TestFlight (which I only looked at as an option) mainly
> because I think that only does your iOS devices (and the app has to go
> through some review process to be available to the external users).
>
>
> I'm wondering what the deployment to Windows Phone users process is (does
> HockeyApp support em? Doesn't seem to).
> --
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  on
> behalf of Greg Keogh 
> *Sent:* Monday, 25 July 2016 2:51:53 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Anyone using HockeyApp?
>
> Folks, I just became aware of HockeyApp
>  and I can authenticate into it
> using my MSDN credentials. It tells me I'm on the default free plan where I
> can create 2 apps. From a quick eye over the KB articles it looks quite
> impressive and helpful, but I'll probably need a $30/month account. My
> subscriptions are starting to mount up and become a small financial burden
> (MSDN, Office 365, Apple Dev account, Cloud storage, email forwarding, etc)
> so before I commit to HockeyApp and burn more dosh I must ask if anyone
> here is using it in anger and getting good value?
>
> *GK*
>

Re: Anyone using HockeyApp?

[Greg Keogh]

Steveo! Thanks for the tips, and I'm relieved to know someone is also
trying HockeyApp. Have a look at your Account Settings > Edit Profile, I
see an Upgrade button for my free plan. I may correspond with you privately
after I start trying it out -- *Greg*

On 25 July 2016 at 18:34, Stephen Price  wrote:

> Hmm. I just started working with HockeyApp for my own project. I didn't
> see anywhere any restrictions so am not even sure what plan I am on. Seems
> really nice!
>
>
> I've now successfully deployed to Android and iOS devices. the iOS was a
> big headache until I worked out I had to add the device UDID to the
> provisioning profile, THEN build it, THEN deploy that IAP for the new
> device.
>
> Shame it doesn't work like the Android where you just invite the user via
> email and then bam, they can install the app.
>
> The UDID identifier is in the docs, but I hadn't read them at all until I
> got the cryptic "Unable to Download" error it was giving me.
>
>
> Ping me if you get stuck, it wasn't real obvious but everything else just
> worked. Better than TestFlight (which I only looked at as an option) mainly
> because I think that only does your iOS devices (and the app has to go
> through some review process to be available to the external users).
>
>
> I'm wondering what the deployment to Windows Phone users process is (does
> HockeyApp support em? Doesn't seem to).
> --
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  on
> behalf of Greg Keogh 
> *Sent:* Monday, 25 July 2016 2:51:53 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Anyone using HockeyApp?
>
> Folks, I just became aware of HockeyApp
>  and I can authenticate into it
> using my MSDN credentials. It tells me I'm on the default free plan where I
> can create 2 apps. From a quick eye over the KB articles it looks quite
> impressive and helpful, but I'll probably need a $30/month account. My
> subscriptions are starting to mount up and become a small financial burden
> (MSDN, Office 365, Apple Dev account, Cloud storage, email forwarding, etc)
> so before I commit to HockeyApp and burn more dosh I must ask if anyone
> here is using it in anger and getting good value?
>
> *GK*
>

Re: Anyone using HockeyApp?

[Stephen Price]

Hmm. I just started working with HockeyApp for my own project. I didn't see 
anywhere any restrictions so am not even sure what plan I am on. Seems really 
nice!


I've now successfully deployed to Android and iOS devices. the iOS was a big 
headache until I worked out I had to add the device UDID to the provisioning 
profile, THEN build it, THEN deploy that IAP for the new device.

Shame it doesn't work like the Android where you just invite the user via email 
and then bam, they can install the app.

The UDID identifier is in the docs, but I hadn't read them at all until I got 
the cryptic "Unable to Download" error it was giving me.


Ping me if you get stuck, it wasn't real obvious but everything else just 
worked. Better than TestFlight (which I only looked at as an option) mainly 
because I think that only does your iOS devices (and the app has to go through 
some review process to be available to the external users).


I'm wondering what the deployment to Windows Phone users process is (does 
HockeyApp support em? Doesn't seem to).


From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  on behalf 
of Greg Keogh 
Sent: Monday, 25 July 2016 2:51:53 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Anyone using HockeyApp?

Folks, I just became aware of HockeyApp 
and I can authenticate into it using my MSDN credentials. It tells me I'm on 
the default free plan where I can create 2 apps. From a quick eye over the KB 
articles it looks quite impressive and helpful, but I'll probably need a 
$30/month account. My subscriptions are starting to mount up and become a small 
financial burden (MSDN, Office 365, Apple Dev account, Cloud storage, email 
forwarding, etc) so before I commit to HockeyApp and burn more dosh I must ask 
if anyone here is using it in anger and getting good value?

GK

Anyone using HockeyApp?

[Greg Keogh]

Folks, I just became aware of HockeyApp
 and I can authenticate into it using
my MSDN credentials. It tells me I'm on the default free plan where I can
create 2 apps. From a quick eye over the KB articles it looks quite
impressive and helpful, but I'll probably need a $30/month account. My
subscriptions are starting to mount up and become a small financial burden
(MSDN, Office 365, Apple Dev account, Cloud storage, email forwarding, etc)
so before I commit to HockeyApp and burn more dosh I must ask if anyone
here is using it in anger and getting good value?

*GK*