At least that's the route I'll have to take for my free users. Before concurrent Python 2.7 releases. Or before I move to Node.js on micro EC2 with SimpleDB: one year of this configuration costs the same as one instance running 2mo on GAE.
Angke On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:55 AM, GAEfan <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember back to the very first Google I/O, when App Engine was > brand new. During the keynotes, both Vic Gundotra and Marissa Mayer > gave inspiring talks about how Google's mission was to enhance the > user experience, to speed everything up, add millions of new > applications. And that, even by doing these for free, Google would > make a larger profit by taking the same cut from a larger pie. More > apps = more users = more traffic = more ads served = more $$$. > > The concentration was on the user experience, and thus the quantity, > quality, and speed of services. > > Now, Google is asking us to throttle back the user experience (via the > Instances & Latency sliders) to avoid exorbitant hosting fees. > Really? Did Vic and Marissa sign off on this? > > I have an app that uses about 1 CPU hour per day, and serves about > 250MB per day. It has always been in the free category, even though I > have billing enabled. In the "Estimated Charges Under New Pricing", > it looks like that will be going to about $70/month. > > Now, I appreciate App Engine (notice my moniker), and do not expect it > to be free. But, an app like this should cost well under $20/month to > host. With all the optimizations I have already done, a fair price > should be closer to the $9 minimum. So, yes, I think $70/month is > exorbitant. And that is just one of my apps. > > The only way to get this down to a reasonable amount, I will need to > get in the app settings and make the visitors wait longer, perhaps > even serving up a few 500's. Really?? > > -- > 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.
