Would you rather have 1GB or 26GB of RAM?

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pdknsk

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Nov 26, 2012, 1:44:12 PM11/26/12
to Google App Engine
Google adds new instances to Google Compute Engine.

n1-highmem-4-d 26GB $0.636

https://cloud.google.com/pricing/compute-engine

B8 1024MB $0.64

https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/backends/overview

Thiago Catoto

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Nov 26, 2012, 1:47:20 PM11/26/12
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Outch!



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Kaan Soral

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Nov 26, 2012, 3:34:21 PM11/26/12
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I'm sure they will improve Appengine too

Emanuele Ziglioli

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Nov 26, 2012, 3:49:02 PM11/26/12
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I'll believe it when I see it

hyperflame

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Nov 26, 2012, 4:32:19 PM11/26/12
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To be fair, you need to compare equivalent machines. n1-highmem-4-d has 1770 GB of local hard disk storage, while a B8 doesn't even have local storage, it has to write to Google Cloud, or to the datastore which are billed separately.

The best comparison is to the n1-highmem-4 instance, which has no local storage either. That costs $0.508 an hour (even cheaper!) compared to a B8's $0.64 an hour.

So basically, 26GB of RAM in Compute Engine is 13 cents an hour cheaper than 1GB of RAM in AppEngine. Something feels off here....

André Pankraz

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Nov 26, 2012, 4:38:03 PM11/26/12
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but you have the great APIs! ;)
that was at least the answer to the questions if GAE runs on gilded hardware.

Aza Tek

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Nov 27, 2012, 3:33:54 AM11/27/12
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But you paying separately for the APIs...
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