top | item 6173628 (no title) dscb | 12 years ago Hourly BillingStored backups (for free) of servers that you can set up at a later date instantly via an apiIt's not about being a $5 vps for me, it's about being able to pay $0.014 when I need a small vps for 2 hours. discuss order hn newest jeffasinger|12 years ago Hourly billing is huge for us.Our service is mostly CPU bound, embarrassingly parallel, and so far, 90% of usage is centered on a time slot that's about 8 hours per week long.We will save a ton of money by scaling down during the off hours, which means only Amazon, Rackspace, and a few others make any sense at all. nthnclrk|12 years ago I agree. This was massive for me. Being able to create a Droplet (from an existing backup) within a minute, test out an installation for a day, and have it cost almost nothing is huge.
jeffasinger|12 years ago Hourly billing is huge for us.Our service is mostly CPU bound, embarrassingly parallel, and so far, 90% of usage is centered on a time slot that's about 8 hours per week long.We will save a ton of money by scaling down during the off hours, which means only Amazon, Rackspace, and a few others make any sense at all. nthnclrk|12 years ago I agree. This was massive for me. Being able to create a Droplet (from an existing backup) within a minute, test out an installation for a day, and have it cost almost nothing is huge.
nthnclrk|12 years ago I agree. This was massive for me. Being able to create a Droplet (from an existing backup) within a minute, test out an installation for a day, and have it cost almost nothing is huge.
jeffasinger|12 years ago
Our service is mostly CPU bound, embarrassingly parallel, and so far, 90% of usage is centered on a time slot that's about 8 hours per week long.
We will save a ton of money by scaling down during the off hours, which means only Amazon, Rackspace, and a few others make any sense at all.
nthnclrk|12 years ago