On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: >> Although - since your dataset fits in RAM, you probably are >> best to stick with the database you already know - MySQL. Nothing is >> faster than a fetch from RAM. > > And dont forget AppEngine provides MySQL instances > https://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/ > > https://developers.google.com/academy/apis/cloud/appengine/cloud-sql/
Unfortunately, experimental evidence suggests Cloud SQL provides significantly less throughput (more than an order of magnitude) than running MySQL elsewhere. However, I didn't run the tests myself; I'm only reporting it secondhand. If you plan to use Cloud SQL for anything performance sensitive, *definitely* run some tests. And please report back :-) 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
