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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would expect an Instance to be a virtual
server instance, complete with lamp stack etc, where would I go to get one, any
idea?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Warren
Vail</span></font></i></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> support-bounces@drupal.org
[mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>adept techlists - kazar<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 04, 2011 7:48
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> support@drupal.org; Ms. Nancy
Wichmann<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [support] Cloud
pricing estimates</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:techlists@ade.pt"
moz-do-not-send=true>adept techlists - kazar</a><br>
</span></font><font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'>June 4, 2011
10:44 PM</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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If someone loads up a page that leaves them connected as a seat on your database,
and they type a word into a formfield, and they go on vacation for 3 weeks, is
that an "instance"? (<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I meant "is that a 3-week-long instance" ...
which could get pretty darn expensive if you ever have a db admin who forgets
to set the pref for "disconnect guest when idle for __ minutes" and
then even though no EC2 resources are being consumed whatsoever, Amazon will
still charge you by the hour for that seat. I really don't get charging for
server space by "time" rather than by actual resources consumed.<br>
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again, don't put yourself out explaining unless you really want to, I'm just
musing here.<br>
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kazar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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