Also currently the python instance can only serve 1 request at a time, so 128mb ram doesn't matter much
My question for FAQ is similiar too: Is there a possibility of Python not getting a solution for concurrency and us paying high amounts for this reason? On May 12, 7:16 pm, 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.
