More transparency is always welcomed, helps developers and the platform alike :-)
On Oct 18, 11:30 pm, "Ikai Lan (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think it scales linearly like that. We're working on improvements to > the request scheduler so that we can make better use of existing resources, > so be on the lookout for that. This is just us providing more transparency > into how many instances are serving your application so it's easier to try > to figure out your auto-scaling situation. > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > Blogger:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the new Instances dashboard - it's neat to know. I'm > > curious though, why are so many instances running? > > > I have one (java) app that gets a steady 0.5 hits/s, and another > > (python) app that gets a steady 2.5 hits/s. > > > The 0.5 hits/s Java app is running 4 instances. > > The 2.5 hits/s Python app is running 6 instances. > > > Obviously I don't mind that Google devotes so many resources to > > serving my application, but it does seem odd. Does GAE need this many > > instances to serve so few requests? If my Java app surges to 50 > > hits/s, will I consume 400 instances?? > > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine%2Bunsubscrib > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
