This is the same issue i've got with SQL Azure. Microsoft tell us that they kept the sizing of SQL Azure down, because ideally you would be sharding the databases by customer to assist with scaling. But if i'm doing something like salesforce / sassu and do it per customer, that is an extra $10 per month i'm going to have to charge each customer. That is really expensive.
If i start going down any other sort of manual sharding process (customers a-j on DB1 and k-z on DB2), then that is a lot of extra coding i'm going to have to do. Sounds like I should just throw all of it on to a 10gb database and just let them worry about any scalability issues due to the cost -David Burela -----Original Message----- From: ozazure-boun...@lists.codify.com [mailto:ozazure-boun...@lists.codify.com] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk Sent: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 9:35 AM To: Nick Randolph Cc: ozazure@lists.codify.com Subject: Re: Azure Pricing I had a quick look at the pricing of SQL Azure and it seemed pretty expensive. A scenario I was looking to set up was to have a vertical market application where each user will have a separate database which is selected based upon their user when they logged in. With the current pricing that is not really a viable option when I may have 100+ databases. Craig On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Nick Randolph <n...@builttoroam.com> wrote: > As a follow up on my previous show of hands, I was wondering how many people > had taken a close look at the pricing model for Windows Azure. Does anyone > have any opinions on the proposed pricing? Does it suit the way you would > charge for your application/service? > > > > One of the questions that come to mind for me is the choice between Windows > Azure table storage and SQL Azure. Has anyone done the pricing comparison > and prepared to provide a commentary on their findings? > > > > During TechEd I spent a bit of time investigating Azure pricing and have a > rough calculation spreadsheet I put together. I'd be happy to share this > with anyone who'd be prepared to provide feedback on it. > > > > Nick Randolph | Built To Roam | Microsoft MVP - Device Application > Development | +61 412 413 425 > The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this > email in any way. Built To Roam does not guarantee the integrity of any > emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's > own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built To Roam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > ozazure mailing list > ozazure@lists.codify.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozazure > > _______________________________________________ ozazure mailing list ozazure@lists.codify.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozazure _______________________________________________ ozazure mailing list ozazure@lists.codify.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozazure