My question is the difference between, set min-idle-instance to 0 and run a cron job every min or every 15 min to ensure that at least one instance is available.
And i have set max-idle-instance to either 1 or Automatic. The App may have or may not have traffic. Thanks On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Jon McAlister <[email protected]> wrote: > I probably don't understand your example perfectly. I think you are > saying that the app only runs a cron job request once a minute, that > request does nothing, and the app has absolutely no other traffic. > > In that example, if max-idle-instances=1, then the billable instance > hours would be 24. If max-idle-instances=automatic, then the billable > instance hours would be 24. > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Deepak Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Jon, > > In case i have min-idle-instance = 0 > > Max-idle-instance = 1 Or Automatic > > and i run the cron job as stated earlier. Then how does it affect the > bill > > as cron job does not do anything means does not use any resources. > > Thanks > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Jon McAlister <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Deepak, > >> > >> It is not possible to set max-idle-instances to 0. If you had set > >> max-idle-instances to 1, then your example is basically identical to > >> Dani's. > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Deepak Singh <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > Suppose, i have set my max-idle-instance to 0. And i have written a > cron > >> > job > >> > which actually does nothing. It just call the servlet method and > >> > finishes. > >> > Thus it is able to create a new instance. I run this cron job every > >> > minute. > >> > In this case i get almost always one instance live and iahe set to > >> > max-idle-instance to 0. > >> > So, how does it affect the billing where i set max-idle-instance to 1. > >> > Thanks > >> > Deepak > >> > > >> > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Dani Shaulov <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Thank you Jon. > >> >> It makes much more sense now. > >> >> Another question: > >> >> If an instance starts - active for 1 seconds > >> >> Then idle for 5 and again active for 1 second > >> >> And again 1 second active every 5 minuets of idle > >> >> (basically 1 request (which takes 1 second) every 5 minuets) > >> >> So it is a total of 288 active seconds a day. > >> >> Is that charged as 15 min start up fee + 288 seconds, > >> >> or as 24 hours of instance time? > >> >> In my understanding, in the old model it's the former and in the new > >> >> model > >> >> it's the latter. > >> >> Is that right? > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >> Groups > >> >> "Google App Engine" group. > >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/lPvp44U3uLgJ. > >> >> 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. > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > -- > 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.
