On May 25, 1:33 pm, Emanuele Ziglioli <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On May 26, 8:13 am, Mars <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I understand that AlwaysOn is still under discussion, but I'd just
> > like to point out that the old pricing model suggested that having an
> > idle instance costs around 0.4c/hr (0.3 / 3 / 24) while in the new
> > model, it costs 5c/hr (reserved instance). The old price might not be
> > sustainable, but a 12x jump in price is a bit dramatic IMHO.
>
> Isn't one 24h instance included in the $9/month?
> Perhaps with multithreading one would be enough for most apps.
> What I don't understand: would that be 'always on'? it's fundamental
> to have one running to avoid the dreadful cold start delay.

I think it's 3 instances for Always On when it was first released in
1.4.0:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/0f90ef8dda3b8400

Not sure if it's still the case.

>
> > The other thing I'd like to suggest is to restore the free email quota
> > to 2000 for paying apps. This way Google can both block off free rider
> > spammer and not look like a cheap as.
>
> you sound like a kiwi :-)

lol I am one indeed.

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