Would I be wrong then to assume that session requests are likewise impacted
because like memcache sessions are also backed by the datastore?

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Simon Knott <knott.si...@gmail.com> wrote:

> HR instances definitely seem to last longer than M/S ones - I've had
> instances last for days on my HR app, which is only in development.
> However, that's highlighted a strange problem in that you seem to be
> "charged" for idle instances.
>
> The very rough idle "costs" are:
>
> 1hr idle = additional 2000 CPU_ms for next request
> 2hr idle = additional 4000 CPU_ms for next request
> 4hr idle = additional 8000 CPU_ms for next request
> ... linear increase to:
> 24hr+ idle = additional 45000 CPU_ms for next request
>
> This probably isn't a major problem for apps which are busy, but it should
> be taken into account for small apps I guess!
>
> Another thing I've noticed is that HR apps have additional latency for
> MemCache API calls in the region of 2-10 times longer.  I've tested my app
> in both M/S and HR and the HR version consistently has MemCache API Gets
> taking 20ms on average, for tiny amounts of data, which only take 4ms on the
> M/S version.
>
> Loading requests seem quite long on HR instances as well, almost double
> that of the M/S.
>
> *NB.  *It should be noted that all of my experience is based on a single
> app which is still in development, so all of my observations may not ring
> true for real-life, high-throughput apps.
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