Google App Engine Unexpectedly Costly

Part 1 (2019)
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So, I set up my server with GCP following the given instructions. For some reason or another I haven’t qualified for the GPU quota change (my account is fairly new), so I can’t use $300 credit unfortunately.

Still, the reported costs according to the fast.ai details wasn’t much, so I’ve been using it for a couple weeks.

Still, after only a few hours of use, I’ve almost racked up $10 - not horrible, but still a lot more than expected and could be a problem if I’m going to continue to use it. Looking at the Billing page it looks like I’m being charged 0.34 cents even on days I haven’t used it at all. I’ve been careful to turn it off when not in use, and the logs that I can access seem to confirm that it hasn’t been left on at all.

Anyone have any idea what could be happening?

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No insights?

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From Server Setup GCP

Storage

In both cases, by getting the suggested 200GB Standard Disk storage size (less storage hampers experience), there will be an additional charge of $9.60 a month .

That would amount to about 34c per day…

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Ah! That would entirely explain it. You’re much more helpful than GCP support. Much appreciated.