Just a though (haven't done it yet)...could you schedule a task every
random 30-60 seconds, and have that task schedule another task?
(watch out for sync issues?) Have it do some busy work, enough to keep
your VM going?

Mike!

On Jul 8, 5:46 am, "l.denardo" <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you mean sending a request from gthe client, that simply won't
> work.
> During particular days I've seen cold starts logged as near as 10
> seconds between each other for the same user.
> Polling with a shorter period will simply destroy your client as well.
>
> The best thing for these issues is to move on client side most of the
> computation which can be done locally and use GAE for heavier
> background things and persistence.
>
> This is a known issue for low traffic sites (meaning inactive for a
> long period).
> Things seem to be better if you have a low but quite constant traffic,
> but this could be a matter of luck.
> Of course, latency is particularly high if datastore issues are going
> on, and I hope it will be solved with the new architecture.
>
> Regards
> Lorenzo
>
> On Jul 7, 9:35 pm, Baz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > For a work-around you can cron a hit to your site every minute to keep it
> > live.
>
> > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Jake <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hey,
>
> > > Are you getting frequent instance restarts?  Check the log for loading
> > > requests.  This has been known to happen on sites with little-to-no
> > > traffic.
>
> > > Solution?  None, but if this issue is affecting you, star this:
> > >http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2931
>
> > > Jake
>
> > > On Jul 7, 11:54 am, praseed <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Folks,
>
> > > > I hope I have the right audience.
>
> > > > I am an Independent Software Vendor (read: small software business)
> > > > and I have developed a GWT/GAE product.
>
> > > > Things were good during development (plugin et al). I was able to get
> > > > features developed quickly.
>
> > > > However, the application performance these days has been dicey to say
> > > > the least.
>
> > > > A simple click of a button tends to get 5 to 6 seconds to respond at
> > > > times. Dont have any concurrent users right now. The Appspot dashboard
> > > > does not show any issues and I am well below the quota.
>
> > > > I have upgraded to the latest GAE engine.
>
> > > > The App is absolutely horrendous to use due to this. As an ISV, I
> > > > cannot demo this to my prospective customers and I cant "market" the
> > > > cloud availability, Google performance etc.., -- coz that seems to be
> > > > the downfall of my app.
>
> > > > The App performs way better on my laptop. The moment it is deployed,
> > > > it is bloody slow.
>
> > > > I am aware of the current datastore issues at Google. Is that the sole
> > > > reason for this , almost pervasive issue?
>
> > > > Google AppEngine for Business has been announced. Any time tables?
> > > > Will it address these issues?
>
> > > > Can someone address this? How about other developers? Can anyone chime
> > > > in here...
>
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Strawman
>
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