I also identified task queues as the source of my excessive instances. I suspect this is a quite common issue, and together with datastore access bugs (sorry, but you never should have written it like that) like the one you found, are conspiring to make a lot of these crazy new billing numbers.
I think a lot of people just need to take a deep breath and look at their apps the way you did. It's certainly a lot less work than migrating to EC2. On Sep 3, 2011, at 6:16 AM, Emlyn wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't think I've posted here before, but I've been an appengine user > for a while now (closing on 2 years? Is that even possible?). And like > many, I had a rude shock with the new pricing (going from $0.50/day to > $50/day). > > However, I dug into what I'm actually being charged for, and I think > it's all actually in my control to sort out, and that in itself is > sort of fascinating. I wrote a long blog post on this, which people > might find interesting. > > The Amazing Story Of Appengine And The Two Orders Of Magnitude > http://point7.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/the-amazing-story-of-appengine-and-the-two-orders-of-magnitude/ > > I'd be really grateful for feedback, especially if I've gotten > anything wildly wrong. I haven't actually made any of the changes that > I've foreshadowed in the post, that's for the next day or two, and > I'll write a followup article on how it goes. > > Thanks in advance for having a look! > > -- > Emlyn > > http://my.syyn.cc - Synchonise Google+, Facebook, WordPress and Google > Buzz posts, > comments and all. > http://point7.wordpress.com - My blog > Find me on Facebook and Buzz > > -- > 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.
