[Maps-l] OSM-XAPI-instance on one of the wikimedia servers

[Marcin Cieslak]

> Hello, we had this discussion in the past.
> Could we get a XAPI-instance[1] on one of our servers?
> I would like to use it for my Query-to-map project[2]. For other people
> this service is also usefull.
> In the moment  the XAPI is so slow (2 kbit/s)  that my script is
> out-of-service.
 
I understand that there are numerous issues with XAPI software
(being that slow, using lots of resources, etc.) therefore it should
be classified as "experimental". We should definitely watch for the progress.
 
Ptolemy is still importing OSM data right now. We need to find out
how to tune the database properly and what our space/speed requirements are.

Do you think you could use normal OSM API (instead of XAPI) for your projects?

> Who could decide this? Saper?

It's for us to decide, the only real problem is to assess how production-ready
XAPI is. We need to remember that Ptolemy is going to be the WMF production box.

> Other question, could cassini get more hard drive space? How usefull
> would it be?
> The concept of the the three servers usage is now other than on the
> beginning.

I don't know - what do you plan to use the extra space for?

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