sorry, i meant to say that i have written code that performed poorly and therefore made pages slow to load.
yes, there is a startup hit if your request launches a new instance. in most cases i have found this to be acceptable (certainly much better then booting a new linux VM when load goes high). On Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:11:41 AM UTC-7, curiouslearn wrote: > > Christian, thanks for the feedback. > > Is it possible that the times you experienced slow load up was because the > applications were put to sleep? I think unless you have reserved instances, > GAE does that to applications that have not been accessed recently. If not, > it is slightly disappointing that GAE will not be very reliable when it > comes to loading speed. > That is certainly very helpful to know, so thanks again. > > > > On Saturday, March 9, 2013 9:41:18 PM UTC-5, Christian Foster Howes wrote: >> >> greetings, >> >> i don't know much about asynchronous i/o in web servers. >> >> GAE provides its own web server. there is no file writing in GAE (unless >> you use the blobstore), and most google API calls that you make can be made >> asynchronously with the proper settings. >> >> overall i am very satisfied with GAE for hosting. they have blips in the >> road...but who doesn't? >> >> i have successfully written pages that load up slower the molasses on a >> cold day in janurary.....and also written pages that load up lightning >> quick. once you get the feel for the datastore, memcache and edge caching >> you can get things working very well together. >> >> cfh >> >> On Saturday, March 9, 2013 6:59:56 AM UTC-8, curiouslearn wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a couple of questions: is it possible to do asynchronous i/o >>> using web2py (would I need to use the Tornado server )? If so, is there a >>> simple example of this somewhere? >>> >>> Can such an app (that uses Tornado) be deployed on GAE or other SAAS >>> systems such as Dotcloud, Openshift etc.? >>> >>> Also, anyone who has an experience with GAE, what do you think of their >>> hosting quality. Do pages load up fast? >>> >>> Thanks for your help. Would really appreciate your comments? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
