[Zope] Zope hands when database takes too long to respond

Hello, We wrote an application (on Zope v2.7.6-final) that queries a MySQL database via ZMySQLDA v2.0.8. Whenever the MySQL server experiences heavy load, Zope seems to hang, such that we can't even access the ZMI. Is this a bug in version 2.7.6 or ZMySQLDA ? Or are there some settings I can tweak to adjust some database connection timeout value ? Regards, Danny