Hi Joe Barnhart, can you please tell me how much hosting costs per month for your app? bandwidth, disk, etc.
thanks, Alex Glaros On Saturday, August 3, 2013 12:18:07 PM UTC-7, Joe Barnhart wrote: > > I'm not the OP, but I am also risking web2py on a "large" project... > > In my case I'm replacing a Rails site that services about 15,000 customers > and has a variable workload -- about 5000 users compete for time on the > site every week. It has a database size of about 20GB of small records > (~1K ea.) and each user will require about 200-500 DB requests over the > typical session of about 30 min. The site currently does about $200k in CC > charges per month. > > I am looking at deployment on OpenShift or its brothers, or AWS. I > considered GAE but the limitations on "join" make life difficult for me as > my db is extensively indexed and cross-linked. It has about 40 tables and > they participate in a lot of 1:many joins. I'm pretty happy with > PostgreSQL as my database but I have not determined the right web server > platform for me. I'm actually a bit mystified by the choices (nginx, > apache, etc) so I'm getting a friend who knows a lot more than I to help in > that area. > > As a developer, web2py thrills me. Having lurked here a lot I'm pretty > confident it can be scaled up to handle the load, but there's always a risk > -- is my db schema flawed in some way, or other design decisions that > crater performance? The current Rails site is pretty well loved but it > bogs and people are not happy with response time. Also, my end goal is to > scale this site x10 or more, so scalability and stability are paramount! > > -- Joe B. > > P.S. I'm going to tithe a percentage of my site's profits back to web2py > development when it is up. I believe in giving back to those who help you > achieve. > > P.P.S. No, it's not a p0rn site... ;-) > > On Friday, August 2, 2013 2:46:31 PM UTC-7, Aurelio Tinio wrote: >> >> Curious to hear, what do you consider large scale? >> The more detailed you are about your project the better the response the >> community can provide. >> >> Fwiw, having only worked with web2py since the beginning of the year I've >> been contemplating similar questions too and essentially the answer is... >> *it depends*. I've predominantly worked with other web frameworks >> (mainly Django) in the past and there are definite pros/cons/tradeoffs in >> my mind of why it'd be better to choose one versus the other. Happy to >> elaborate but again, please provide more info so the reply could be more >> targeted. >> >> Cheers. >> >> On Thursday, August 1, 2013 8:04:27 PM UTC-7, hello world wrote: >>> >>> Hey >>> I would like to know if web2py framework ...is a good framework for >>> making large scale websites...???.. >>> >> -- --- 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 web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
