XAPI is a very high performance solution and actually uses less resources than the normal API. It is also quite stable.<br><br>It's current speed is a consequence of the the fact that there is only one server taking all of the load. It is regularly overloaded.<br>
<br>A dedicated service for Wikipedia use would really help make it faster for everyone.<br><br>Since it is new to the Wikipedia environment it's fine to classify it as experimental for the time being - but it provides useful functionality that the normal API does not have and is necessary for applications such as Query-to-Map. <br>
<br>Etienne<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Marcin Cieslak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:saper@saper.info">saper@saper.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">> Hello, we had this discussion in the past.<br>
> Could we get a XAPI-instance[1] on one of our servers?<br>
> I would like to use it for my Query-to-map project[2]. For other people<br>
> this service is also usefull.<br>
> In the moment the XAPI is so slow (2 kbit/s) that my script is<br>
> out-of-service.<br>
<br>
</div>I understand that there are numerous issues with XAPI software<br>
(being that slow, using lots of resources, etc.) therefore it should<br>
be classified as "experimental". We should definitely watch for the progress.<br>
<br>
Ptolemy is still importing OSM data right now. We need to find out<br>
how to tune the database properly and what our space/speed requirements are.<br>
<br>
Do you think you could use normal OSM API (instead of XAPI) for your projects?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Who could decide this? Saper?<br>
<br>
</div>It's for us to decide, the only real problem is to assess how production-ready<br>
XAPI is. We need to remember that Ptolemy is going to be the WMF production box.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Other question, could cassini get more hard drive space? How usefull<br>
> would it be?<br>
> The concept of the the three servers usage is now other than on the<br>
> beginning.<br>
<br>
</div>I don't know - what do you plan to use the extra space for?<br>
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