Consider using a backend for cron jobs. I use my once every hour, and each usage lasts about 3 minutes. This gives me a total backend instance hour usage of 18 minutes every hour (15 minutes mandatory idle time charge) = 18*24 = 7.2 hours, which is under the 9 instance hour free backend quota.
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Tapir <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for clarification. > > I think one idle instance is not enough. > I often (about 15% possibility) load my app page very slowly. > I think the possible reason is when a visit coming at the same time > the cron jobs > is running, a new instance must be started for the visit request. > As the cron jobs need some seconds to finish. > > So I think it will make a better user experience if gea can provide an > option to let > the crons jobs always run in a new separated instance. The new > separated instance > will not handle normal visit requests. > > On Sep 28, 4:49 am, "Gregory D'alesandre" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Agreed. If you actually need 3 idle instances than it will indeed cost > you > > that much but for many applications 3 idle instances is overkill, > especially > > with concurrent requests enabled for java. Many java apps will be fine > with > > a single idle instance. Since you get 28 instance hours/day for free, > this > > means you can keep 1 idle instance running all the time without an > > additional fee. Also, the $9 is a minimum spend not a fee (this was > changed > > from the original model) so it would just be $105.60. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:11 PM, JH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > yes, under new pricing a min idle instance of 3 will be very > > > expensive. > > > > > On Sep 27, 2:28 pm, Tapir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sep 28, 3:22 am, Tapir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > For a java app, to avoid slow warm-up problem, 3 instances are > needed > > > > > to run always. > > > > > The $9/month "always on" feature is perfect for avoiding this > problem. > > > > > > > In my current understanding, under the new price model, > > > > > the "always on" feature will cost $0.08 * ( 24 + 24 - 4) * 30 = > > > > > > a spell erro, no "* 30" here > > > > > > > $3.52/day, > > > > > this means for small java apps, if you want to make a good user > > > > > experience > > > > > for your java app, you will pay at least ($105.6 + $9) / per month, > > > > > right? > > > > > -- > > > 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.
