Nick, Thanks for your answers. I will follow up with a post including my suggestions and update this thread.
./alex On Jun 16, 5:04 pm, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Thanks for your feedback. Responses inline. > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Alex Popescu < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > While I am appreciating the work and innovation behind the App Engine > > platform, I believe that billing for CPU time is wrong: > > > - the terms are not well defined [1] > > I believe the terms are well defined, in our documentation. api-ms is, as > expected, the number of milliseconds spent processing API calls, and is > purely informative (eg, it's not used separately for billing). If there's > something specific you think we could clarify, please let us know. > > > - it is not clear how they are measured > > What about how CPU is measured would you like clarified? > > > > > - there have been repeated problems on the platform and these are > > impacting the CPU analytics > > You're right - App Engine has experienced issues, and it's something we're > actively working on reducing. Any production system will inevitably have > occasional problems, but we're dedicated to ensuring App Engine works as > smoothly and as reliably as possible. > > > - it includes framework API internal calls CPU usage and this is not > > under developers' control > > API calls are only ever made when a developer's code requests them. > Admittedly this can sometimes be less obvious than one might expect - for > example, resolution of ReferenceProperties - but reading the documentation > will reveal exactly when API calls can be expected. > > > - framework API calls are already billable separately > > We don't bill for API calls, except in terms of the CPU use they entail, > with the exception of the Mail API, where we bill per-message. We do place > limits on API calls and data volumes to and from our APIs, but these are > purely to prevent (deliberate or accidental) abuse and ensure smooth > operation for all users. I'm not aware of anyone running into these limits > in normal operation. > > -Nick Johnson > > > > > The letter can be read here > >http://themindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-google-app-e... > > > ./alex > > >http://the.dailycloud.net > > > [1] This is just an example > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/... > > -- > Nick Johnson, App Engine Developer Programs Engineer > Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: > 368047 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
