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So that's why my preemption rates are so high lately.

• boulos 10y ago
  Nope. First, preemptible VMs don't preempt each other. So if you got shot it wasn't Drew directly. However, when we're full and someone needs to get shot that can be you or it could be someone else. Drew being there actually makes it more likely that he would take the heat. But Drew runs all out well off peak (weekend mornings like our docs encourage!) so unless you had a bad weekend it wasn't him :). Disclosure: I work on Google Cloud (and have gone back and forth with Drew over email).
  • AdamJacobMuller 10y ago
    Do you get refunded if you get preempted?
    • boulos 10y ago
      You do if you get shot in the first 10 minutes. Otherwise, no. We happen to preferentially "shoot the young" to minimize work lost: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible#preemption_selection https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible#...
      • zaroth 10y ago
        Oh I can see the headlines now...
        • boulos 10y ago
          Yeah, nobody likes that I phrase it this way ;).
    • tomschlick 10y ago
      Google cloud uses per minute billing IIRC so I'd assume you just don't pay any more after preempted.