From: "Bill Etheredge" <betheredge@mesa-grp.com>
I have a Zope instance running behind Apache and am using Apache ProxyPass/Rewrite to split traffic between a Zope site (for dynamic content) and a non-Zope site (static content). I added a SiteRoot object in the root folder of my Zope instance to generate an appropriate URL to display to the user.
It is generally recommended to use VirtualHostMonster instead, although this is not for performance resons, but because a wrongly configured SiteRoot prevents you from managing the site unless you manually disable the SiteRoot.
My problem is that performance on the site took a nosedive when I installed the SiteRoot object in Zope. It is generating the URL correctly but the site is now painfully slow. Before installing SiteRoot, the performance was great.
Well, this shouldn't happen, so it's probably incorrectly configured. However, VirtualHostMonster is still better. Take a look at http://www.zope.org/Members/regebro/Zope_and_Apache/