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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> It is??
Yep.
> I'm still trying to figure out the price structure for EC2. I mean, do
> they bill you for how many hours an instance runs for?
Yes.
> Or just how many hours of CPU time it uses?
No. Altho that would be pretty cool. :-)
> If you get a 4-CPU instance, do they bill you 4x that?
They have different per-hour prices for different capability machines. Along
with different CPUs, they have different amounts of disk and memory
available. But the price list is right there. It's per wall-clock hour,
rounded up, and counting the time it takes to boot.
> On top of that, how much CPU time does each call to Apache actually use?
Irrelevant, since it's not billed by CPU time. You'd have to guestimate your
I/O bandwidth, tho, yes.
> I also need to know how many hits I get in a year to compute how much a
> year will cost me. Only them will I be in a position to figure out if
> it's actually any cheaper.
I was assuming you had a handle on this. :-)
> Currently I'm wondering if EC2 would be any cheaper/faster for running
> POV-Ray. But I suspect the answer is going to be "no"...
Cheaper / Faster than what? Do a trial trace and see how long it takes on
your current setup and on one of Amazon's. I've noticed it can fluctuate a
bit over time, maybe 10% up and down, presumedly as other users on the
machine use some capacity, but it's pretty minor.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
There aren't any trees on Mars.
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