Correct, resident instances (those from always-on or min-idle-instances) are billed differently than dynamic instances. A resident instance is always assumed to be active, although it does not show up on the active-instances-graph, which is confusing.
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:08 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is an issue currently that the billing history comparison does not > work like whatever Jon describes - and it may be because of the 3 resident > instances. > For example with my 3 resident instances being almost idle 100% of the day, > I still get a comparison bill which includes 3x24 hours resident instances > every day with max idle instance=1 (should be billable under free quota > according to Jon). > > I understand we will not be able to test the min idle instance setting until > the new billing gets rolled out - and the current billing comparison is not > really what we'll get on this particular case. Or maybe what Jon describes > as theory is not what happens in practice. > > Until we can set min idle instances, we will not be able to confirm that > what Jon describes is actually what happens. > > My 2 cents is that we're still in it for lots of surprises given the overall > confusion and contradictory user reports (not accounting for the new bugs > found relating to the scheduler). > > > -- > 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/-/aK7utTL6nOQJ. > 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.
