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Ive used gcp and ive been billed like 10% of minimal wage for setting GCPs demo with like 7 very simple microservices (i dont remember exactly) 4 times and ever

Ive used gcp and ive been billed like 10% of minimal wage for setting GCPs demo with like 7 very simple microservices (i dont remember exactly) 4 times and every of them was running like 5 minutes after being deployed and then project was killed Shit is expensive as hell For the same money I could rent some weak linux box for a year Or something decent for a month Edit 10ms https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo

hobo_mark 4y ago
I have to wonder what you were doing, I've been continuously hosting my own projects there for years and with the free tier they cost pennies per month to run.
- hardware2win 4y ago
  Ive linked the GCPs demo repo that Ive been messing with
- gerdesj 4y ago
  "and with the free tier they cost pennies per month" Is it free or not?
  - hobo_mark 4y ago
    You pay for the resources you use above the free tier limits. My bill for this month so far is 30 cents because I deployed frequently and my docker artifact storage size (with several years worth of deployments) dipped above the limit. Then I added a periodic job to clear out unused docker images older than one year and I'm running for free again.
dachryn 4y ago
what you show there should cost like 300/month to run. Its very transparent pricing, its just bad that the tutorial doesn't mention that. You do realize what you setup in that tutorial right? A kubernetes cluster with 11 full scale microservices that are dimensioned so they can serve the average medium size business. For only a hobby this is huuuuuuugely overdimensioned. If you were to do the same on azure, it would cost more. If you are comparing it to a cheap linux box, what the hell are you using kubernetes clusters for then?
- cube00 4y ago
  > You do realize what you setup in that tutorial right? Sure, buyer beware but is it reasonable that a clearly marked demo project is set up with services to that level of resourcing? Nobody is going to take a demo like that and start running a business off it tomorrow.
- hardware2win 4y ago
  >what you show there should cost like 300/month to run Ive ran it for 4 times miltiplied by 5minutes + time needed for it to wake up All im saying is that it is expensive for such a small usage
Yuioup 4y ago
Dude, you blindly ran some random code on a metered cloud service. If somebody gives you keys to a Ferrari, don't blame the manufacturer when you drive it off a cliff at 120 miles/hour...
- hardware2win 4y ago
  Its not random code, it is GCPs demo code. And im just saying that it is expensive for such a small usage Ferrari analogy would be something like being billed 100usd for 1min ride
ZeroCool2u 4y ago
This is one of the single most comprehensively intense demo projects I've ever seen. I did a multi day AWS Data Lab for work once and it wasn't this comprehensive.

hobo_mark 4y ago

I have to wonder what you were doing, I've been continuously hosting my own projects there for years and with the free tier they cost pennies per month to run.

hardware2win 4y ago
Ive linked the GCPs demo repo that Ive been messing with
gerdesj 4y ago
"and with the free tier they cost pennies per month" Is it free or not?
- hobo_mark 4y ago
  You pay for the resources you use above the free tier limits. My bill for this month so far is 30 cents because I deployed frequently and my docker artifact storage size (with several years worth of deployments) dipped above the limit. Then I added a periodic job to clear out unused docker images older than one year and I'm running for free again.

dachryn 4y ago

what you show there should cost like 300/month to run. Its very transparent pricing, its just bad that the tutorial doesn't mention that. You do realize what you setup in that tutorial right? A kubernetes cluster with 11 full scale microservices that are dimensioned so they can serve the average medium size business. For only a hobby this is huuuuuuugely overdimensioned. If you were to do the same on azure, it would cost more. If you are comparing it to a cheap linux box, what the hell are you using kubernetes clusters for then?

cube00 4y ago
> You do realize what you setup in that tutorial right? Sure, buyer beware but is it reasonable that a clearly marked demo project is set up with services to that level of resourcing? Nobody is going to take a demo like that and start running a business off it tomorrow.
hardware2win 4y ago
>what you show there should cost like 300/month to run Ive ran it for 4 times miltiplied by 5minutes + time needed for it to wake up All im saying is that it is expensive for such a small usage

Yuioup 4y ago

Dude, you blindly ran some random code on a metered cloud service. If somebody gives you keys to a Ferrari, don't blame the manufacturer when you drive it off a cliff at 120 miles/hour...

hardware2win 4y ago
Its not random code, it is GCPs demo code. And im just saying that it is expensive for such a small usage Ferrari analogy would be something like being billed 100usd for 1min ride

ZeroCool2u 4y ago

This is one of the single most comprehensively intense demo projects I've ever seen. I did a multi day AWS Data Lab for work once and it wasn't this comprehensive.