I'm sorry Deepak, but I just don't understand your question. Perhaps someone else understands the point he is trying to raise, and can help him out?
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Deepak Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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