> 1. Pointers as to how to diagnose an intermittent problem like > mystery crashes;

http://www.zope.org/Members/matt/StabilityHOWTO

> 2. Pointers as to whether or not someone has developed a similar

> auto-restart feature (see what I say about CF, above) for

> zope;

Run Zope with -Z. Only works on Unix... since you use solaris it should work. 

> > 3. Anecdotes to counter the ones I'm getting from the workplace,

> and my own experience, on the subject of stability.

 

If zorro had a web site, he had been using it. http://www.zope.org/Members/zorton

I dont remember the author of this joke.

> > Anything folks can offer on any or all of the above topics will be

> met with pleased interest by me; I'm here to learn.

RTFM ;-P