Sounds like you have misunderstood "Max Idle Instances". Its the maximum number you will be charged for. It is not a guarantee. If you have spiky traffic, it might mean you will have spare capacity ready to handle more requests. Wont help with the first spike.
Think you looking for "Min Idle Instances". That is only available right now if you have purchased "Always On" I bleive. Once the new pricing goes live, it will be open to all. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Tapir <[email protected]> wrote: > It is not very useful. > When I set it 3, gae will still only keep one idle instances, so my > app will still encounter slow startup when 2 visits coming at the same > time. Setting it higher is helpless to avoid the java app slow startup > problem. > > I just found the only difference between set "Max Idle Instances" as 1 > and 3 is the total used CPU hours, about 25:29, which means except the > free 24 hours, the total used CPU hours is 1:5. > > -- > 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.
