[erlang-questions] Re: Unicast 20k messages, $500-$1000 bounty

[Cliff Moon]

The latest timings from ec2, this time with 4 servers distributing the 
client load and a single server.  The max latency hovers just under 1s 
most of the time.

(debug@REDACTED)4> bot:test(flashbot, 
20000, "domU-12-31-39-02-B5-46.compute-1.internal", 8081).
publishing

=INFO REPORT==== 16-Jul-2009::19:13:32 ===
setup: 39034.92ms, good: 20000, bad: 0, run: 5097.52ms
  -29.2580ms | min  
  500.0000ms | 10224  -  51.12%
 1000.0000ms | 9776   -  48.88%
  965.6640ms | max  
ok
(debug@REDACTED)5> bot:test(flashbot, 
20000, "domU-12-31-39-02-B5-46.compute-1.internal", 8081).
publishing
=INFO REPORT==== 16-Jul-2009::19:14:30 ===
setup: 36596.29ms, good: 20000, bad: 0, run: 5070.07ms
  -29.4500ms | min  
  500.0000ms | 10260  -  51.30%
 1000.0000ms | 9740   -  48.70%
  999.8180ms | max  
ok
(debug@REDACTED)9> bot:test(flashbot, 
20000, "domU-12-31-39-02-B5-46.compute-1.internal", 8081).
publishing
=INFO REPORT==== 16-Jul-2009::19:24:34 ===
setup: 36501.23ms, good: 20000, bad: 0, run: 5119.36ms
  -19.9900ms | min  
  500.0000ms | 10796  -  53.98%
 1000.0000ms | 9204   -  46.02%
  979.9250ms | max  
ok
(debug@REDACTED)4> bot:test(flashbot, 
20000, "domU-12-31-39-02-B5-46.compute-1.internal", 8081).
publishing
=INFO REPORT==== 16-Jul-2009::19:27:16 ===
setup: 37879.43ms, good: 20000, bad: 0, run: 5192.95ms
  -37.1400ms | min  
  500.0000ms | 10062  -  50.31%
 1000.0000ms | 9938   -  49.69%
  971.6150ms | max  
ok

Joel Reymont wrote:
> More fun with Erlang optimization...
>
> bot:wait used to take 3 arguments and I thought I'd remove the last 
> two since they are not needed, as well as remove the subscribing, 
> connected and disconnected handling code. I then removed the sending 
> of these messages from flashbot.
>
> The above trimming consistently bumped my latency from 1s to 2s on the 
> Mac with HiPE.
>
> What gives?
>
> ---
> Mac hacker with a performance bent
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/joelreymont
>
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