Does using a virtual environment influence the performance of a web app?

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I have a django app up and running. I never encountered any performance problems, though the app is hosted on a shared hosting platform.

The provider asked my recently to use python's virtualenv. Since then the performance has been really bad, though I can't detect the change in CPU usage or any other statistic.

So my question is: does using a virtual environment influence the performance? If yes, how?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 01 '13 at 09:55

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Nope, it doesnt infuence the performance. Basically all what it do is changing python path to the virtualenvs ones. So there shouldn`t be any difference with performance.

answered Jun 01 '13 at 09:55

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That's what I thought. Thanks. – LarsVegas Jun 01 '13 at 10:19

Does using a virtual environment influence the performance of a web app?

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