Hi Karel, Another advantage of GAE for a multiplayer game like yours is the channel API. It is a Comet-like push system that avoids you polling the server (and the DataStore) to retrieve the actions of the other players. Have also a look at www.ovh.com. They propose (virtual) dedicated servers and PaaS solutions. Their datacenter is located in Lille (Rijsel), in your area.
JM On 12 sep, 16:00, Karel Crombecq <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I am currently investigating possibilities for writing a sequel to the > popular text-based browser game that I released in 2001 called Castle Quest > 2 (http://www.castlequest.be). One of the options I am considering is > developing the game in GWT, and running it on app engine. But I am not sure > whether app engine will be able to scale to the degree needed for my game. > > CQ2 at its peak generated easily 3 million page views per day (90 million > per month!), with bandwidth usage of 2.5GB each month. The database grew to > a size of about 1GB. There were at least 250 sql queries each second. And it > is expected that CQ3, with the advent of social networks and social gaming, > will reach multiples of these numbers. > > Now I don't really know how big the sites are that are hosted by Google app > engine, as information is rather scarce on that part. So my question to the > Google team is: do you think (know?) if app engine can handle this kind of > pressure from one app? Will the data store hold up, and will it scale well? > > It is extremely important that I have trustworthy information about this. If > I decide to go with app engine and the system doesn't hold up, a massive > money and time investment will be lost. > > Thanks in advance, > Kind regards, > Karel Crombecq -- 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.
