On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Adi wrote:
> Joshua Chamas wrote:
> > How many writes and session ties per second does this system
> > handle, and what kind of db are you using. Currently the NetApp
> > NFS file sharing approach seems to max out around 40 Apache::ASP
> > style session creations per second. This involves writing to a
> > central internal session for session tracking, and the creation of
> > the relevant db files.
> >
> > I ask because I'm looking at going with your approach to handle greater
> > loads, and wondering where you max out at with MySQL/Oracle (?), & what
> > kind of hardware you are running.
> >
> > -- Joshua
>
> I don't have any exact figures, but it is very high. I run MySQL on a
> single processor Linux box with a 500Mhz K6-2 with 128M RAM. Even if it's
> <40/sec on that hardware, it is a scalable solution. All decent DBMSes are
> multi-threaded and scale with number of CPUs. Is the NetApp NFS approach as
> scalable ? I don't know enough about it to compare...
>
> Sorry for not providing exact benchmark numbers..
It ought to be a lot higher than 40/sec on that hardware. On low class
hardware a year ago, I was getting number an order of magnitude higher
than that with the database on the local machine. See here:
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/feespaysmox
-jwb
PS: I love epigone because it produces wonderfully pronouncable mangled
URLs.
