On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:34 AM, mgross <[email protected]> wrote: > Last nights pdxpython meeting was pretty much the best I've ever been > too. I woke up thinking about some stuff related to python and a > possible bridge talk I'm starting to consider doing.
I've been trying to think of a talk as well... I might be posting some ideas to the list for feedback as well. :) > One of the many things that stuck in my head from last meeting > (besides Machine learning--which was uber cool) was the pytyrant and > friends talk hitting on the performance of the database. > > What struck me is the performance delta in database throughput on > Michael's simple sample losing 2 orders of magnitude int run time by > using a loop-back network over direct to the file access. > > It got me thinking, hmm, I know a little about how to drill down on > performance > and scaling problems and, I know some experts in the performance area > I can ask questions of, and I have a few questions on what exactly are > the performance issues with python and django workloads? > (like, does my cheap-oh ISP have a legitimate point regarding its > refusal to support Django sites?) How to identify bottlenecks is something I'd love to hear a talk on. While putting "scaling" in the title will probably double your audience, I care more about the step before you scale: figuring out whats running slowly. I think focusing on the bottlenecks between your application and backend data storage would be *really* interesting as the Internet is already full of people comparing mostly meaningless HTTP benchmarks against their frontend servers. Also, focusing on that area might appeal more to non-web people such as DBAs and sysadmins. Just a thought. :) _______________________________________________ Portland mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland
