[tor-bugs] #3574 [Tor Cloud]: Estimate cost of running a bridge in the cloud

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#3574: Estimate cost of running a bridge in the cloud
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 Reporter:  runa       |          Owner:  runa    
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:          
Component:  Tor Cloud  |        Version:          
 Keywords:             |         Parent:          
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:          
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Comment(by runa):

 Current estimated unpaid balance to be charged for this billing cycle (for
 activity from approximately 07/22/2011 08:29 GMT, through approximately
 07/30/2011 10:59 GMT) is $7.52. This includes, in addition to taxes, the
 following:

 * $0.02 per Micro Instance per hour (or partial hour): 191 hours used
 equals $3.82
 * $0.10 per GB-month of storage: 2.505 GB-Mo used equals $0.25
 * $0.10 per 1 million I/O requests: 92,027 IOs processed equals $0.01
 * $0.01 per 10,000 gets (when loading a snapshot): 795 Requests processed
 equals $0.01
 * $0.01 per 1,000 PUT, COPY, POST, or LIST requests: 78 Requests processed
 equals $0.01
 * $0.120 per GB - up to 10 TB / month data transfer out: 10.464 GB out
 equals $1.26
 * $0.010 per GB in/out/between EC2 AZs or using IPs or ELB: 0.461 GB used
 equals $0.01

 If I were to run the bridge for a whole month, and we can assume that the
 number of IO requests processed and the amount of data transferred stay
 roughly the same, I would be looking at paying around $30 in total.

 If I am reading the extra-info descriptors correctly, my bridge has been
 used by clients in countries such as cn, br, de, fr, gb, ir, sg and th. I
 believe Karsten will update this ticket with more info.

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