I know XML-RPC capability is still very much a work in progress, but I am curious if you have done any serious load testing of the XML-RPC service yet and if any steps are being taken to handle large numbers of requests.
The reason I ask is that the project I am currently working on has the potential to generate thousands of requests per minute. This would be a fairly constant, steady stream of requests going to objects all over the SL world rather than bursts of many requests at once.
I have noticed in my testing so far that some (somewhere around 1 in 30) requests are dropped or ignored without warning so it should come as no surprise that quality of service in the future when the load is much higher is one of my primary concerns.
Thanks for any info you can share with us regarding this issue.
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Apotheus Silverman
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07-01-2004 07:11
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Strife Onizuka
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07-01-2004 08:40
silly question but what are you making. Call me narrow but i'm having trouble imagining anything that needs to flood xml-rpc.
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Apotheus Silverman
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07-01-2004 08:44
Let's just say it's something that a lot of people will be using which goes way beyond the capabilities of LSL and requires stated sessions on both the client and server ends. I don't want to divulge any more than that at this time.
Regardless of that, one can only assume that over time as people take on more projects which require xml-rpc, the amount of requests the SL xml-rpc server gets is going to grow exponentially anyways so my particular project is really of no consequence. _____________________
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Eddy Stryker
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07-01-2004 09:20
Originally posted by Apotheus Silverman Let's just say it's something that a lot of people will be using which goes way beyond the capabilities of LSL and requires stated sessions on both the client and server ends. I don't want to divulge any more than that at this time. A lag bomb? |
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Strife Onizuka
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07-01-2004 09:40
The *only* thing that i can imagine that *might* come close is an IRC/MSN/AIM relay.
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