[google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2011-12-20 Thread gregsz
I'm considering using GAE to build a SaaS business but am having a real hard time finding a way to forecast my hosting costs. Even if I were a coder and understood the details about how I'll be billed, how could I make a decent estimation of what additional costs I'll incur per new customer us

[google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-13 Thread Emanuele Ziglioli
Can you explain what I see on the Billing History? ResourceUsedFreeBillableCharge Frontend Instance Hours $0.08/Hour 96.36 96.36 96.36 $5.47 I'm running 1 F4 instance 24/7 with occasional spikes. So I understand that 1 F4 instance generates 4x24 = 96 instance ho

[google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-13 Thread Emanuele Ziglioli
Thanks Greg, now it makes sense! On Feb 14, 10:08 am, "Gregory D'alesandre" wrote: > Hi Emanuele, > > That display looks like a bug (that I'll look into), you should see 28 Free > Hours / day.  So your bill should be (96.36-28) * $0.08 = $5.47.  So the > monetary calculation is happening correctl

[google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-13 Thread Emanuele Ziglioli
Awesome! Also, I find it a bit confusing when I read about instance per hour and related costs. I never know whether it's per day or per week. For example, when we book some discounted instance hours in advance, we need to enter the amount per week. But when the bill shows up, that's per day. Simi

[google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-15 Thread Emanuele Ziglioli
Well, I thought my new billing period would start from the 13th but the bill on that day still doesn't show or seem to use discounted instance hours: Usage Report for 2012-02-13 Frontend Instance Hours $0.08/Hour 96.59 28.00 68.59 $5.49 Discounted Instance Hour $0.05/Hour 0.00

[google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-15 Thread Emanuele Ziglioli
Hi Greg, the latest bill has just appeared and it shows discounted instance hours correctly. Thank you Usage Report for 2012-02-14 Frontend Instance Hours $0.08/Hour 28.00 28.00 0.00 $0.00 Discounted Instance Hour $0.05/Hour 68.80 0.0068.80 $3.4 On Feb 16, 9:21 am, "

Re: [google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-13 Thread Gregory D'alesandre
Hi Emanuele, That display looks like a bug (that I'll look into), you should see 28 Free Hours / day. So your bill should be (96.36-28) * $0.08 = $5.47. So the monetary calculation is happening correctly but the display is not correct. If you wanted to use discounted instance hours and you use

Re: [google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-13 Thread Gregory D'alesandre
Also, there was indeed a bug introduced last release with the billing reports, that bug has now been fixed and you should see a new and more accurate billing report for your app. Greg On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Emanuele Ziglioli < theb...@emanueleziglioli.it> wrote: > Thanks Greg, now it m

Re: [google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-13 Thread Gregory D'alesandre
Thanks for the feedback Emanuele. I can certainly see where you are coming from. Greg On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Emanuele Ziglioli < theb...@emanueleziglioli.it> wrote: > Awesome! > > Also, I find it a bit confusing when I read about instance per hour > and related costs. I never know whe

RE: [google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-13 Thread Brandon Wirtz
It's about buckets :-) Your refill bucket on discount hours is weekly, but you can use them all the first day if you like. This is better for me, we have big days when certain TV shows Air and we consume 90% of our hours one day. So a weekly discount works well for us. -- You received this m

Re: [google-appengine] Re: How do calculate discounted frontend classes instance hours?

2012-02-15 Thread Gregory D'alesandre
Since you had a charge yesterday I expect the discounted instance hours to take effect today. They take effect after the next billing cycle after you change the number. Greg On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Emanuele Ziglioli < theb...@emanueleziglioli.it> wrote: > Well, I thought my new billin