I am curious as to how bandwidth + CPU + instance size + work load can be computed or monitored on a set of instances running on Windows Azure?

What is the best way to self compute or calculate Windows Azure compute hours?

Are there any tools that let you monitor your compute time per instance?

Compute hours are based on the number of clock hours that your service is deployed. There is no measurement of workload or CPU usage.

You can compute the hours by number of instances * VM Size * clock hours.

So, two instances of an XL VM deployed for four hours would be:

2 * 8 * 4 = 64 hours of compute time.

VM Size = 8 is in GB ?

and how much does 64 computed hours

VM Size = 8 is in GB ?

and how much does 64 computed hours

Hi,

Does this mean that it makes no difference whether a virtual machine is running or "shut down", the compute hours are charged as long as this VM "exists"?

Thanks,

TestUser

Hi,

Does this mean that it makes no difference whether a virtual machine is running or "shut down", the compute hours are charged as long as this VM "exists"?

Thanks,

TestUser

Hi,

Yes, the VM has reserved resources associated that you need to pay for. Even if the VM is not running, the resources are reserved so, they are billed.

So everyone is paying for 24 hours / 30.5 days a month?

Seems like the only flexibility with Compute hours is the size of the machine (as you mentioned above.)

Please confirm on both.  Thank you!