If it is truly not computationally intensive, and does not even use a database, it should not be a problem.
I have benchmarked Web2Py on the static welcome page to 700 requests/ second with a concurrency level of 50. To increase the level of concurrency (if you have additional CPU cores), you should increase the number of Web2Py processes. "~ 8000 users, and atleast 1000-2000 simultaneous users." This is not really a large installation if it doesn't use a database. "How are the issues of caching (say rendered pages) handled? I have done a few Drupal sites and can see the performance effects of caching very clearly. IIRC only Django has caching in the python world?" Drupal, Django, and Web2Py have equivalent caching mechanisms. Any external caching mechanism you have seen with Drupal should also be usable with Web2Py or Django. "I can put the session info in a shared FS though" You can either do that or use a database for sessions. On Jul 20, 8:54 pm, Anand Vaidya <anandvaidya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > After a couple of web2py projects, I am confident of coding a fairly > big app in web2py. > > My previous projects did not need any database (we had to use > flatfiles), the new project is also similar. I intend to bypass the > models etc completely. > > The app is likely to be used in a corporate setting with ~ 8000 users, > and atleast 1000-2000 simultaneous users. > > The users authenticate to an LDAP server. > > The app is not computationally intensive > > It queries another service and displays results > > No SQL DB is required > > Most likely behind a few Apache 2.x front server > > I'd like to know: > > - Are there any large web2py installations that I can quote as an > example > > - How are the issues of caching (say rendered pages) handled? I have > done a few Drupal sites and can see the performance effects of caching > very clearly. IIRC only Django has caching in the python world? > > - Has anyone done any work with web2py in a cluster (similar to a > Tomcat cluster behind mod_jk)? (multiple machines running web2py, the > session data sync'd etc. I can put the session info in a shared FS > though) > > Regards > Anand --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
