i have the same 'issues'. my problem are not new instances in case of a request spike because i pay only for the ones i set in the instance settings but the fact that instances don't shut down where i could probably use less instance hours/day if those weren't up.
On Dec 16, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Nick Snyder wrote: > (see screenshots) > > Scenario: > Serve some QPS that is handled by one frontend instance > QPS goes to zero for a few hours > Another sustained burst of QPS starts > During #2 there was an idle fronend instance (I am ok with that). > When #3 happened, AppEngine spun up a new frontend instance and started > serving traffic to it, but never started serving traffic to the old frontend > instance (which stayed around idle). > > So it seems like if AppEngine thought that I needed two frontend instances, > then it should be load balancing between them (which it isn't). Otherwise, if > one frontend instance is performing fine, then why did it spin up a new > instance instead of serving traffic to the one that was already spun up? > > I am 40 minutes into state #3 and there are still two frontend instances, but > only 1 of them (the newer one) is receiving traffic. > > I have my app configured with the default instance settings (max idle > instances: automatic, min pending latency: automatic). > > Nick > > -- > 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. > <Screen shot 2011-12-16 at 8.08.54 AM.png><Screen shot 2011-12-16 at 8.14.51 > AM.png> -- 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.
