Thanks for noting that Barry, I was just going to mention the same thing! We'll try to do a better job of codifying it in our FAQ.
Greg On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Barry Hunter <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Jason Collins wrote: > > > > On a related note, the 15-minute cost to spin up new instances defeats > > one of the greatest features of App Engine: ... > > > Do have a read of the "the min instace time is 24 hours?" thread. It's > a treasure trove of information. Not least you are only paying the > '15-minute cost" for the number of instances under the > 'max-idle-instances' setting. > > So a huge burst of instances to furfil a map-reduce style task, - you > still only paying for active instances. > > -- > 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.
