I don't your scheduler. But I really care if you can help me reduce the instance load time to 1 second. For a java app based on struts, the loading time often will exceeds 15 seconds.
so could you not to load my app instances from scratch but from the loaded state? just like hibernation on PC. If you can make this possible, your current ugly "idle instances" setting can be discarded. On Sep 5, 8:13 pm, Johan Euphrosine <[email protected]> wrote: > New instances are being started to ensure that your application could > scale instantly on traffic spikes, this was already the behavior of > the scheduler before the new pricing model was announced. > > You will find more details about the scaling formula and the behavior > of the scheduler in this Google I/O talk: > > Google I/O 2011: Scaling App Engine > Applicationshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP-kjrx9CRE > > With Min Pending Latency set to 15 seconds the scheduler should wait > at least for 15 seconds if all other instances are busy before > spawning a new instance for handling an incoming request. > > If this is not the behavior you are experiencing you should fill a new > bug report > here:http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/entry?template=Other%... > > Also note that by settings Max Idle Instances to N, you also ensure > that you will not get billed for more than "Active instances + Max > Idle Instances" even if the scheduler decide to keep idling instances > around. > > Hope that helps. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > This needs to happen. From what I see, it is broken and it is going to > > result in people paying more. > > > I want to know why new instances are being started, especially if they > > are going to sit idle for 15 minutes after serving just 1 request. > > > I am seeing instances startup for no reason. Even when setting Min > > Pending Latency to 15 seconds with a low request rate of 0.1 a second > > (latency < 500ms) and concurrency enabled they are still starting up > > periodically. > > > An unnecessary, idle instance will cost $700 a year. > > > There needs to be justification for why these instances have been > > started unnecessarily if Google are going to charge for them. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > Johan Euphrosine (proppy) > Developer Programs Engineer > Google Developer Relations -- 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.
