We are currently evaluating which database to use in a large scientific, Python-based application. At the moment the best candidate seems to be ZODB. However, we would like to use socket-based communication between a database server and a moderate number of clients (typically 2-100) in a heterogeneous network. E.g.: Machine 0: ZODB server. Machine 1: Long-running numerical application, gets input parameters from ZODB server, sends results back. Machine 2: Client running a GUI to display (intermediate) results obtained from ZODB server. Also used to send new input parameters to ZODB server. I.e., where we are now using db = DB(FileStorage('junk.fs')) root = db.open().root() root['somekey'] = myobject1 get_transaction().commit() we would like to do something like db = DB(ClientStorage('hostname', port_number)) and the other code unchanged. Will ZEO do this for us? Is ZSS the server we want, and will there be a ClientStorage class which can be plugged in instead of FileStorage? Thank you in advance, Ralf ====================================================================== | Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | | Scientist | One Cyclotron Road | | Building 4, Room 231 | Mail-Stop 4-230 | | Tel: 510-486-5713 | Berkeley, CA 94720 | | FAX: 510-486-5909 | USA | ====================================================================== --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Before you buy.