Are there commerical companies using google appengine? is it stable for production?
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3Google itself also uses app engine. There's a talk at the upcoming Google IO about how they use it: http://code.google.com/events/io/2010/sessions/run-corp-apps-on-app-engine.html
David Underhill
2010-05-07 19:30:19
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It seems stable enough for production, the real question is whether or not you are ok with giving up control of your hosting environment.
My Concerns:
- You can't take a google appenginge program to anyone else (microsoft, amazon, etc).
- If it goes down, you can't do anything but wait. Can't take it to a backup host/provider, can't do anything about it yourself.
That said, google is a pretty big/stable company. For a utility or proof of concept, I'd have no problem with it. For the main product my company creates/sells, I'd never use it.
Alan Jackson
2010-05-07 21:58:37
You could use AppScale on EC2 to move it off - but you have to replace the datastore with your own database. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2577683/how-to-move-a-google-application-engine-based-website-to-amazon-platform
dar
2010-05-08 00:50:12
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I'd be more worried about whether the app engine suits your requirements. It has a reputation for being slow, with limited memory, and a little quirky. It does exactly what google needs it to do (handle massive scaling for applications that can tolerate some small faults), but it may not suit your needs.
wisty
2010-05-07 22:29:42