Yes, they are different kinds of beasts. But the resources needed to provide them are the same. And still, the GAE instance costs more than 10 times higher than a Rackspace VPS consuming the same resources. This is an order of magnitude difference.
Being "managed" can justify a higher price, but not 10 times (the "management" in this case is 100% automated). On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Nischal Shetty <[email protected]>wrote: > You cannot just compare GAE with Rackspace simply because GAE is unmanaged, > we don't do a thing. > > Though I would still maintain that the prices are indeed high. > > > On 12 May 2011 21:46, Peter Petrov <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My single question for Greg's FAQ: >> >> 1) What is the justification behind the extremely high price for >> additional instances? >> >> Here is a comparison between a GAE Frontend Python Instance and a small >> Rackspace Cloud Server: >> >> GAE Frontend Python Instance: >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Monthly price: $57.60 ($36.00 if reserved) >> RAM: 128 MB memory cap >> CPU: 600 MHz limit >> Capabilities: Limited by the Python sandbox. No native code execution. >> Single-threaded right now, possible future multi-threading obstructed by the >> GIL. >> >> Rackspace Cloud Server 256 MB: >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Monthly price: $10.80 >> RAM: 256 MB fixed >> CPU: Guaranteed proportional minimum; Free CPU bursting (I'm using the >> full power of 4 cores 99% of the time) >> Capabilities: Full-featured Linux box, can do whatever you want on it. >> >> >> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Kenneth >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Greg mentioned he was putting together an FAQ so let's help him out! >>> >>> If you're going to answer this just put in your question into a single >>> line, let's not try and answer them here or give opinions, there's plenty of >>> other threads for that. I do understand that Google doesn't have answers to >>> some these. >>> >>> Here's my list: >>> >>> 1) What is the time granularity of the instance pricing? ie if I have an >>> instance up for 5 minutes, what am I charged, $0.08 / 60*5? >>> 2) Will I be able to tune the scheduler myself, ie set it to performance >>> or low cost, Will I be able to limit the min or max number of instances >>> created (with the obvious impact on user experience)? >>> 3) Python concurrency, will this require any code changes, do you have >>> any estimates based on your testing of the number of well behaved requests >>> per second a single instance will be able to handle for a given framework? >>> 4) Database charges, when can you give us more details over what Max gave >>> in the other thread, are you charging for deletes, what do you expect the >>> ratio to be between the new pricing metric and the Datastore API calls >>> metric we have today? >>> 5) Will you be charging differently for instances that use different >>> amounts of memory, since this seems to be the cost that you're going after >>> that isn't charged for in the current model. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Kenneth >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > -Nischal > +91-9920240474 > twitter: NischalShetty <http://twitter.com/nischalshetty> > facebook: Nischal <http://facebook.com/nischal> > > <http://www.justunfollow.com> > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
