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by ramraj07 2763 days ago
Why though? Is it cheaper than just running a bunch of servers?
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dacm 2763 days ago
It is in our case. This is a service which is very seasonal, so it may be used during a couple of days each month only. Having a bunch of instances mostly idle would definitely be more expensive
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yourapostasy 2762 days ago
How much delay from a cold start can your application tolerate? On the order of tenths of a second or up to one second?
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dacm 2762 days ago
Being that the data is queried from a web app through HTTP, the shorter the better. Around 1 sec should be alright, but 6 - 8 definitely isn't
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