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?

Warren Vail

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From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of adept techlists - kazar
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 7:48 PM
To: support@drupal.org; Ms. Nancy Wichmann
Subject: Re: [support] Cloud pricing estimates

adept techlists - kazar June 4, 2011 10:44 PM

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"? (

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.

again, don't put yourself out explaining unless you really want to, I'm just musing here.

kazar