I don't know if this helps, but at work we sometimes use NHibernate, which has incredibly bad startup times when there are lots of XML config files.
I creatd a static HTML file that displayed a "We're just loading the application" page and used javascript to redirect to the first aspx page (passing over the querystring). The HTML page was served by IIS immediately (same way a static page would be served on App Engine), and then that page will stay visible while the browser waits for the next (dynamic) page. It doesn't solve the problem, but it at least lets you show the user a messages saying something is happening rather than the browser sitting there on a white pag looking like your site is down. Danny 2010/1/27 Jeff Schnitzer <j...@infohazard.org> > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Spines <kwste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What about when there is a surge in traffic and a second instance is > > going online, will that cause a loading request for a user? > > It would take a googler to answer this authoritatively, but it appears > the answer is yes, the user will see this delay when the 2nd instance > comes online. > > Users will also see cold start time: > > * When you deploy code to a version currently in use. > * When appengine feels like it. > > If it's important that your users never see long cold start times, you > may want to reconsider Spring. > > Jeff > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
