Re: [google-appengine] Sharding memcache incr()?

2010-06-12 Thread Nick Johnson (Google)
Hi Jan, Because memcache is entirely in-memory, and quite straightforward, it's extremely fast. A memcache server can typically handle thousands of QPS - more than your app is likely to see - so you're quite safe not sharding memcache calls. -Nick Johnson On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Jan Z

[google-appengine] Sharding memcache incr()?

2010-06-12 Thread Jan Z
Hello - I'm looking for some advice on performance of memcache incr() operations. I assume that these can become a bottleneck when a lot of traffic hits and need to get sharded, the question is what is "a lot". I'm using memcache incr() for counting specific event types and would like to understa