Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0

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2011


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = One problem we found (with the help of Ken Grome) with WebDNA is that = [append] was automatically and systematically writing to disk, whatever = the preference settings. Imagine a GB busy database with one append = every minute: the huge file will be written to disk every single minute. = In this case, writing speed will be related to disk I/O speed. We decided to directly write to RAM and heavily test the new behaviour = in the particular case where the RAM database starts at let's say 400K = and jumps to 10MB: WebDNA RAM allocated space has to grow accordingly. = It works but it may crash in some specific cases, for instance when the = RAM limit is reached (for instance, for WebHosting providers with = RAM-limited VPS). The solution we use in WebDNA 7.0 is an automatic "security" disk flush = when 1000 records have been appended. Otherwise, the preference settings = allows to flush to disk after each [append] if the old behaviour is = prefered. - chris On Jan 22, 2011, at 14:09, Govinda wrote: > But anyway the only real main reason I am hesitant to use Webdna is = because I am expecting the new site to become extremely busy at some = point and the central databases to become huge (in the GBs) Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. [BULK] Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi " 2011)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi " 2011)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (William DeVaul 2011)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (William DeVaul 2011)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Govinda 2011)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  13. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  14. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Govinda 2011)
  15. [BULK] Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Steve Raslevich 2011)
  16. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Govinda 2011)
  17. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  18. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Govinda 2011)
  19. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Govinda 2011)
  20. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  21. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  22. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  23. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  24. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  25. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi " 2011)
  26. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Dan Strong" 2011)
  27. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Govinda 2011)
  28. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  29. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Govinda 2011)
  30. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  31. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Paul Willis 2011)
  32. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  33. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi " 2011)
  34. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Lawrence 2011)
  35. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  36. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Govinda 2011)
  37. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  38. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (Lawrence 2011)
  39. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  40. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (William DeVaul 2011)
  41. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  42. RE: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Terry Nair" 2011)
  43. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  44. Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 ("Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi " 2011)
  45. [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
One problem we found (with the help of Ken Grome) with WebDNA is that = [append] was automatically and systematically writing to disk, whatever = the preference settings. Imagine a GB busy database with one append = every minute: the huge file will be written to disk every single minute. = In this case, writing speed will be related to disk I/O speed. We decided to directly write to RAM and heavily test the new behaviour = in the particular case where the RAM database starts at let's say 400K = and jumps to 10MB: WebDNA RAM allocated space has to grow accordingly. = It works but it may crash in some specific cases, for instance when the = RAM limit is reached (for instance, for WebHosting providers with = RAM-limited VPS). The solution we use in WebDNA 7.0 is an automatic "security" disk flush = when 1000 records have been appended. Otherwise, the preference settings = allows to flush to disk after each [append] if the old behaviour is = prefered. - chris On Jan 22, 2011, at 14:09, Govinda wrote: > But anyway the only real main reason I am hesitant to use Webdna is = because I am expecting the new site to become extremely busy at some = point and the central databases to become huge (in the GBs) christophe.billiottet@webdna.us

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