Awasu Server

Awasu Server is a highly-optimized version of Awasu, able to handle tens of thousands channels. It runs in the background as a Windows Service, and since it has no UI to update (a major bottleneck), it can spend all of its time doing what it does best: retrieving information.

It is currently in private beta, so please drop us a line if you'd like to take it for a spin.

Performance comparison

System configuration
Operating system	Windows Server 2012 R2
Memory	7.5 GB
CPU's	4
Channels	~8,500
Update interval	Every 5 minutes

We loaded up a copy of Awasu Pro Edition and Awasu Server, and let them rip.

This is how they stacked up.

Channel updates

Awasu Server updated around 67% more channels per hour than Awasu Pro.

Notes:

Both versions have a ramp-up in how fast they update channels since the initial round of updates will bring in a lot of new content, which has to be written to the database. Once the first pass has completed, things will settle down and subsequent updates will be much faster since they will receive much fewer, if any, feed items.
Awasu Pro is much slower in the first few hours, since lots of new content is arriving and it has to constantly update the UI.

Memory usage

Awasu Server used around 20% less memory than Awasu Pro.

	Awasu Pro Edition	Awasu Server
Private memory	305 MB	248 MB
Virtual memory	502 MB	405 MB
Working set	295 MB	239 MB
Private working set	295 MB	239 MB

All values are averages.

I/O throughput

Awasu Server read data around 50% faster than Awasu Pro, and wrote data a whopping 64% faster.

	Awasu Pro Edition	Awasu Server
I/O reads	0.28 MB/sec	0.42 MB/sec
I/O writes	0.78 MB/sec	1.28 MB/sec

All values are averages.

Notes:

Awasu Pro is much slower in the first few hours, since lots of new content is arriving and it has to constantly update the UI.