I'm looking for a way to scale appwrite running selfhosted in docker swarm. According to the benchmark guide https://book.appread.io/benchmarks#docker-swarm
appwrite running in docker swarm can have only one executor and appwrite-worker-functions container and they both have to run on the same node. Which makes functions basically only scale vertically when running in docker swarm.
I have gotten suggestions that modifying the OCR image might help with this:
From @Binyamin
"There's a small challenge you'll need to overcome when deploying Appwrite into Docker Swarm as Appwrite uses OpenSwoole in-ram table for managing the running functions containers
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That said 1000-2000 rps mean 3,600,000 - 7,200,000 and Appwrite should be able to handle pretty nice, but you'll need to either overcome and modify the ORC image or go with Horizontal scaling."
TL;DR
Developers are discussing how to enable function scaling in Docker swarm for self-hosted Appwrite instances. Currently, Appwrite in Docker swarm only allows for one executor and one appwrite-worker-functions container on the same node, limiting function scaling to vertical scaling. One developer suggests modifying the OCR image, while another suggests using horizontal scaling by setting up independent Appwrite instances with a load balancer.
