other tips: - if you have lots of data, use the --use_sqlite flag to GAE. (you'll have to re-import your data, so set a new datastore file while you are at it). I find that sqlite is much faster on my linux box once the db is more than a few MB big. - even with the --use_sqlite all the /_ah/... request seem to take a long time, i think they parse the entire DB or something. - blobstore uploads involve a bunch of redirects - make sure they are all going to reachable URLs.
good luck! cfh
