[Twisted-Python] What kind of throughput can we expect to achieve when using DatagramProtocol (UDP)

[Alec Matusis]

One data point:
I have a server that processes about 20 UDP multicast packets per second.
This server does many other things, but the load from those 20 UDP pps is
negligible- it uses 0% CPU with just that (Xeon L5420)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: twisted-python-bounces at twistedmatrix.com [mailto:twisted-python-
> bounces at twistedmatrix.com] On Behalf Of John Draper
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:07 PM
> To: Twisted general discussion
> Subject: [Twisted-Python] What kind of throughput can we expect to
> achieve when using DatagramProtocol (UDP)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We have an application we intend to release where we intend to have
> about a million applications sending UDP packets to a Twisted Python
> server which needs to process incoming data (Approx 128 bytes of text)
> per packet,   which a BACK end system is inserting this data into mySQL
> tables.
> 
> Has anyone done some serious "stress testing" of Twisted Python simple
> server code to see just how much data it can digest at a time.    Our
> server will no doubt be hosted on an OC3 - capable of 150 megabits of
> throughput with approx a 75 - 80% load.    We need to know how many
> servers we need to put into some kind of a load sharing cluster to be
> able to handle this very high data before it chokes.
> 
> Right now,  in our proof of performance,  we are using UDP,  but
> planning to move to the more reliable TCPIP protocol when we get into
> production.
> 
> These data requests will come in fast and violent spurts of data.
> 
> John
> 
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