"Jeffrey W. Baker" wrote:
>
> 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:
>
~300 req/sec, good to hear! I am sort of in the dark, as we haven't had
time to benchmark anything yet.
Thanks -Adi
