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Sprites are active when: * They're servicing an incoming HTTP request. * You're interacting with a console. They're hair-trigger inactive otherwise. They don
by tptacek 10mo ago
Sprites are active when:
* They're servicing an incoming HTTP request.
* You're interacting with a console.
They're hair-trigger inactive otherwise. They don't bill CPU unless they're active. The idea is that there isn't really any uncertainty about when it's running; when you stop interacting with it it stops metering.
This is a new shape for a cloud computing thingy and there'll be snags this week with it, but we don't make our money by billing people for stuff they don't want. We've always gone out of our way not to nickel-and-dime casual users and we're trying hard to find new ways to lean into that here.
(Destroying a Sprite you're done with is a perfectly reasonable move; they're disposable.)
- panarky 10mo agoNo console activity, no HTTP requests, but it doesn't stop. Can't find any place in CLI or web UI to see how many minutes are charged for CPU, memory, storage. $ sprite ls Sprites in organization <redacted>: ┌────┬───────┬────────┐ │NAME│STATUS │CREATED │ ├────┼───────┼────────┤ │duh │running│ 23h ago│ └────┴───────┴────────┘ Total: 1 sprite(s)
- threecheese 10mo agoMy read of his response is that, even though the sprite is in a running state, that doesn’t mean it’s in a billable state given you aren’t connected; that’s not said explicitly, and I’m making an inference, and so it would be helpful if you let us know if you are billed for these hours.
- deleted 10mo ago[deleted]
- Freebytes 10mo agoThere needs to be a way to see how much it is being used then and not simply the life of the Sprite.
- blackqueeriroh 10mo agoYou can. There’s a usage dashboard
- singiamtel 10mo agoWhere is it?
- karmajunkie 10mo agoI think the idling feature still needs some work. I created one over the weekend that hasn't idled once, and I've run several tests with sprites that have nothing in them—just `sprite create` and log out, just to see what happens (which unfortunately is nothing, left alone it keeps on running as well.) I love the idea and most of the execution, I've really enjoyed getting my first sprite configured just the way I want it. It just needs the idling feature to work as advertised before I think I can use it as cost-effectively as it promises.
- akrauss 10mo ago> Sprites are active when: * They're servicing an incoming HTTP request. * You're interacting with a console. They are advocated as Linux machines. How about daemons then, or cron jobs? What semantics can we expect from them?
- gcr 10mo agoWhat does "when you stop interacting with it" mean? Closing all TCP connections? When CPU usage drops to below some threshold?