Hi Greg, Thanx for your answer.
But what does exactly mean "You will not be charged for instances over the specified maximum." then ? Francois On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 22:43, Gregory D'alesandre <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Francois, thanks for bringing this issue up! Its an important one. > > Max idle instances only sets the maximum number of idle instances that will > be running to prepare for traffic, not the number of total instances that > can run at any one time. > > That being said "Always on" currently keeps 3 instances running for you to > be ready to serve traffic. Under the new model you'll be able to choose the > number of minimum idle instances you want to keep running. The scheduler > has been tuned to take advantage of the new model but the billing comparison > you are seeing is showing charges for the 3 always on instances that are > running. > > The short answer is you probably want to set max idle instances to 1, once > the new billing goes into place you will no longer see the 3 always on > instances anymore. > > I hope that makes sense and helps! > > Greg D'Alesandre > Senior Product Manager, Google App Engine > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Francois Masurel <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I have "Always on" activated on my app (vncts1). >> >> I have set "Max idle instances" to 3, so I should only charged for a >> maximum of 3 * 24 - 24 (free quota) = 48 hours : >> >> "You will not be charged for instances over the specified maximum." >> >> But I'm charged for a bit more everyday (billable column) : >> >> - 08/28 -> 48.16 hours >> - 08/27 -> 48.12 hours >> - 08/26 -> 48.19 hours >> >> Is it a bug ? >> >> Francois >> >> -- >> 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/-/x_43C91yPKgJ. >> 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.
