The reason I'm currently using them is to avoid insane instancing behavior on front ends. (Which is sad, because I'm basically paying extra to avoid a feature.)
I just commented on your SO post, btw, asking clarification on whether your rules are only for backends, because I definitely *don't* see that behavior for front ends. - Kris On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:21:48 PM UTC-7, Jeff Schnitzer wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:05 PM, vlad <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Because I thought that all 3 methods that did not work involved storing > data > > in Datastore. If you used Backend RAM as storage, well, ok it is an > > inventive way to use Backend, I guess. I think Backends are a wrong > feature > > all together. I just does not with GAE concept as a scalable, > > no-configuration system. But I guess we have ourselves to blame. Some of > us > > screamed so much about 60 sec time limit in front-ends. And this time > Google > > decided to "listen" and gave us Backends :) > > Only one of the 3 failed attempts used the datastore; the others were > task queue and single-backend. > > I also think that backends are a misfeature, but for different reasons: > > * As an in-memory index, they are waaay too expensive for any > reasonable quantity of RAM. > * As a repository of in-game state (ie this case), they don't provide > enough throughput. > * As a way around the 60s timeout for frontends... I'd really just > rather have the ability to run frontend requests longer. And to > define groups of frontends of different sizes. > > As Google Compute Engine rolls out, I expect the appeal of backends > will diminish considerably. Which is too bad, because if they were > cheaper and faster they would be really incredibly useful. > > Jeff > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/Ln4L5qG42d4J. 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.
