tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616895123812267995.post6501315243217454733..comments2023-05-18T08:36:56.470-04:00Comments on Just a moment... David has a thought: Azure: The true cost of web and worker rolesDMakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05166122279770270194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616895123812267995.post-41950930230982285212013-03-09T17:43:19.035-05:002013-03-09T17:43:19.035-05:00Alex - agreed! It's been over nearly 3 years s...Alex - agreed! It's been over nearly 3 years since I wrote this (wow - 3 days shy of 3 years) and lots has changed since. Indeed, Extra Small instances are $0.02 per hour, and are terrific for running timer tasks, scaling tasks, etc. The only thing I caution people about, regarding Extra Small instances: They have very limited network bandwidth (5Mbps, vs, 100Mbps per core on Small through Extra Large). So bandwidth-intensive tasks tend to not get along well with XS instances.DMakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166122279770270194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616895123812267995.post-29925001889521142072013-03-09T17:24:30.298-05:002013-03-09T17:24:30.298-05:00Just an update on this article. You can now run a...Just an update on this article. You can now run a worker instance as "Extra small" which is only $14.40/month. If you have a bunch of services that only need to run once a day, you could run all of them on a single extra small worker. So, effectively your maximum cost for background services is $14.40/month.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463559921589456473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616895123812267995.post-59598642547860960042012-10-19T13:03:32.998-04:002012-10-19T13:03:32.998-04:00Totally agree with your future thinking.
What I d...Totally agree with your future thinking. <br />What I do is have one worker role and many threads or backgrounds tasks for each process. The code gets ugly but I save money. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143037593558731710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616895123812267995.post-57078188443023043162012-07-19T15:51:30.704-04:002012-07-19T15:51:30.704-04:00Thank you David. This article is just what I need...Thank you David. This article is just what I needed. I'm in the middle of developing a simple sql azure website and just got our Bill with overage hours because I was running two storage accounts with 3 instances each of the webrole with our "FREE" developer account. Yikes! This also gives me some amunition to present to our customer about why we need to change the direction of their project in the middle - it's not going to be cost effective for them!<br />Thanks for the great article. <br />Cheryl Estrella<br />Simetra Systems, Inccherylestrellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140567911022423527noreply@blogger.com