> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Lind [mailto:peter.e.lind@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 1:18 AM > To: Tommy Pham > Cc: php-general List > Subject: Re: ORM doctrine > > > I understand cache well, both the benefits (save DB trip) and > > shortfalls (outdated by DB, management, etc.). Most of the apps that > > I've seen so far used cache to solve a problem that shouldn't happen > > in the 1st place. For example, during recent my quest looking PHP MVC > > framework and sample apps, I saw OpenCart, an e-commerce app based > on > > custom MVC framework. Installed it for a test run. It looks good and > > seems to perform well with the included sample data. Then I filled up > > some more sample data: over 3000 categories, over 2000 manufacturers, > > over 300,000 products. No other changes made such specials, features, > > etc. Although the app supports i18n, the sample data is just one > > language for a decent DB size of about 100MB. The app took over 30 > > seconds to respond for any link. Then I disable the cache and began > > debugging. I made 1 minor addition to the DB and 1 minor change in > > the code base - parts on 1 line - I shorten the response time by about > > 10 seconds. What I just did proved my 2nd and 3rd point :) > > > > Regards, > > Tommy > > > > An app that takes 30 secs to respond using cache is doing it wrong. > You shaving 10 secs off the request without cache is fine but you should > have brought it much further down with a cache. Waiting 20 secs for the > response is still useless. > > Regards > Peter > > -- > <hype> > WWW: plphp.dk / plind.dk > LinkedIn: plind > BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 > Twitter: kafe15 > </hype> My goal wasn't to optimize any app. I just want to learn 'implement abstract MVC concept into concrete, ...' as I mentioned in Adam's thread about choosing framework or not. If I was to optimize it, I wouldn't have any problems lowering the response time down to under 3 seconds w/o cache. Regards, Tommy -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
