How deployments influence instance hours?

[Sergey Schetinin]

So when we deploy a new version, let's assume there was one instance running, it gets shut down, a new one is then started, how many instance-hours are consumed that hour?

Another option, the version deployed has a different name. The default version is switched to that new version and the previous one stops getting traffic. How many instance-hours are consumed that hour?

-Sergey

[Sergey Schetinin]

Bump

[Brandon Thomson]

I asked about this in the old billing FAQ thread but I don't think there was an official reply. My guess is that each deploy will cost 5-8c per running instance due to the restarts either way you do it (but I haven't tested it).

[Gerald Tan]

The way I understand the "Max Idle Instances + Active Instance" thing and deployments causing the blue line to spike up (as well as the yellow line to a smaller extend), we will be charged for the yellow line spike instead of the blue line spike.

[Sergey Schetinin]

Bump #2

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[Sergey Schetinin]

Bump #3

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[Gregory D'alesandre]

Hi Sergey,

Answers below:

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Sergey Schetinin <mal...@gmail.com> wrote:

So when we deploy a new version, let's assume there was one instance running, it gets shut down, a new one is then started, how many instance-hours are consumed that hour?

If one instance was running, you deploy a new version, and so one new instance is spun up with that new version (and the old one is taken down), you should be charged at most one instance-hour for that hour.  If you are wondering about the 15 minute charge, that is for idle instances, when you deploy a new version the old instances don't sit idle, they come down.

 

Another option, the version deployed has a different name. The default version is switched to that new version and the previous one stops getting traffic. How many instance-hours are consumed that hour?

That depends on how the traffic ramps over to the new version.  If it is strictly 1 instance running, then it is possible you will get charged for more than 1 instance-hour over the course of that hour as both version could be serving traffic simultaneously.

I hope that helps!

Greg

 

-Sergey

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