[Toolserver-l] Server switch for s3/s4/s6, Monday morning UTC

[Mashiah Davidson]

> Sorry, but I don't see how spending EUR2'500 on additional RAM to
> support a single tool is an effective use of WM-DE funds.

Thank you for puttig the exact amount here. Do you think this will be
efficient if such a sum came from another source and will be used by
all tools running on toolserver? My view is it is far less than
EUR8'000 mentioned last time as a price of a dedicated sever.

> Perhaps you could consider a different implementation language?  I don't
> think shell scripts and SQL stored procedures are particularly
> well-known for being memory-efficient.

You right on the memory efficiency. MySQL MEMORY engine is not about
that. On the other hand, offline comutations will create load on
inter-sever channels and occupy disc space. Downloading of links table
for deutch to login server will take more time than just copying it to
a memory table on the same sever. My estimate is it will take hours to
get a copy of this table on a disc drive, and this is just a small
portion of the whole thing.

mashiah