Hi Jay, Jay Zeemer wrote:

Our primary requirements for useing XUF is to allow external authentication of users from a database?? Is there a better solution then this??

If users from a relational database is all you want, then use SimpleUserFolder and follow the included docs ;-) (I have a newer unreleased version if you run into any problems, but you shouldn't)

Also, the app we would like to use Zope for is a very write itensive application,

Yes, but writing to what? What RDB are you using?

the problems we are seeing with Zope currently are that the Data.fs is growing at a pretty decent size because the form appears to be writting to the Data.fs first

What evidence do you have to support this hypothesis?

being stored. Our estimates have us causing the Data.fs to grow by more then 2 gigs per day.

How often are you packing? Are you running ZEO?

Is there any possible way to increase the load that Zope's Data.fs can handle, currently we are seeing about a 40% drop at 20 concurrent users, over a few hours.

40% of what? relative to what?

Do you know of any way to ramp up the number of connections that Data.fs can handle??

Why do you think you need to? ;-) cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk