With 8 cores and Flup you can probably get close to 1000 requests/
second.
if you can do any test, let us know what you get.

Massimo

On Jul 22, 3:22 am, Bottiger <bottig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "There are some things that definitively will NOT help:  a multicore
> machine. because the python interpreter cannot use
> multiple cores efficiently "
>
> If you use the prefork flup server not included in Web2Py, each
> request is handled by a seperate process so this will bypass the GIL.
> It makes a huge difference on my 8 core server. Presumably, Jython
> which is GILless would yield the same performance on a multicore
> machine.
>
> "I will actually argue most of the map/reduce DB out there are slower
> then postresql. "
>
> For minimal latency, this is probably true, but I am willing to bet
> that the latency grows far slower in a map/reduce DB as the number of
> simultaneous connection rises.
>
> On Jul 22, 1:03 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > This is a complex issues that spans different topics: speed,
> > efficiency, scalability.
>
> > I am not aware of any major bottle neck in web2py, execpt of the
> > database (not the DAL , the actual database) so it is efficiently.
> > There are many little tricks you can use to speed applications more:
> > - use connection pooling
> > - run your app bytecode compiled (press the button)
> > - move as much code as you can modules instead of models.
> > - discard sessions unless you they have modified
> > - store sessions in a memory mapped file
>
> > How fast is it (with or without optimizations) depends on the
> > architecture. Is there a machine that can give you 1000 request/
> > seconds. I do know. It is possible. On my virtual machine I get about
> > 100.
>
> > There are some things that definitively will NOT help:
> > - a multicore machine. because the python interpreter cannot use
> > multiple cores efficiently
> > - a key/value database. This helps with scalability (i.e. run lots of
> > concurrent servers) but not necessarily speeds up a single server. I
> > will actually argue most of the map/reduce DB out there are slower
> > then postresql.
>
> > Massimo
>
> > On Jul 21, 8:40 pm, Alex Fanjul <alex.fan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hello Massimo (all) this days I'm reading about horizontal scale
> > > architectures, key/value and graphs db's, etc. and the awakening in
> > > cloud computing enviroment
> > > In the last reading, I saw "Redit" benchmark of about 50 to 100
> > > thousands req/sec with standard linux box.
>
> > > I know those values are due to DB architecture of key/value (and they
> > > are really incredible), but:
> > >   -what thing is really limiting 1000 req/sec in web2py?
> > > cherrypy/apache? mysql/postgres? wscgi/fastcgi? web2pyframework? python?
> > >   -what do you think would the upper limit (req/sec) be in the better
> > > production enviroment case (great linux server/s, apache/cherokee?, best
> > > connection)
> > >   -As a matter of curiosity, have you ever though in implementing the
> > > API for any of such databases? Redit? Tokyo? couchDB?
>
> > > regards,
> > > alex f
>
> > > P.S as always i'm sorry for my poor english
>
> > > El 21/07/2009 15:52, mdipierro escribió:
>
> > > > - Are there any large web2py installations that I can quote as an
> > > > example
>
> > > > Not that I know and handle>1000 requests/second.
>
> > > > - 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?
>
> > > > If you use multiple installations behind a load balancer I suggest you
> > > > use the "pound" load balancer to keep sessions sticky. In that case
> > > > the different processes do not need to share any data.
>
> > > > - 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)
>
> > > > If you need sessions and you need sessions synced, I suggest you share
> > > > the sessions folder.
>
> > > > Massimo
>
> > > > On Jul 21, 12:20 am, Bottiger<bottig...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> > > >> 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
>
> > > --
> > > Alejandro Fanjul Fdez.
> > > alex.fan...@gmail.comwww.mhproject.org
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