Hei, Say I wanted to use Zope and I had enough money to buy a fairly good server to run it on. Further, say I could choose the OS I wanted (Linux or Microsoft) And further, say I wanted Zope (some time in the future) to communicate with some other programs that I am yet not aware of (these could be an sql-database, some math-programs and more). What would then be the best Zope installation I could make? Would it be Zope with Linux and Apache? (This might be an hopeless question, but well try :-)) Best regards! Børge Kjeldstad
Any recent Unix with Zope Apache/Squid and a recent database (MySQL, Postgres) will do the job...(general question, general answer). -aj --On Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2003 7:30 Uhr +0200 Børge Kjeldstad <borge.kjeldstad@whiteflower.no> wrote:
Hei,
Say I wanted to use Zope and I had enough money to buy a fairly good server to run it on. Further, say I could choose the OS I wanted (Linux or Microsoft) And further, say I wanted Zope (some time in the future) to communicate with some other programs that I am yet not aware of (these could be an sql-database, some math-programs and more).
What would then be the best Zope installation I could make? Would it be Zope with Linux and Apache?
(This might be an hopeless question, but well try :-))
Best regards!
Børge Kjeldstad
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 07:30:07AM +0200, Børge Kjeldstad wrote:
Say I wanted to use Zope and I had enough money to buy a fairly good server to run it on. Further, say I could choose the OS I wanted (Linux or Microsoft) And further, say I wanted Zope (some time in the future) to communicate with some other programs that I am yet not aware of (these could be an sql-database, some math-programs and more).
What would then be the best Zope installation I could make? Would it be Zope with Linux and Apache?
Likely, Zope on Linux fronted by Apache is your best bet. Zope certainly performs better on Linux than any other OS I've run it on (particularly Windows and Solaris). The Apache config is pretty straightforward in most cases, and can probably wait, unless you've got a better handle on your front-end requirements than you've expressed here. -- - Adam ----- Adam Fields, Managing Partner, fields@surgam.net Surgam, Inc. is a technology consulting firm with strong background in delivering scalable and robust enterprise web and IT applications. http://www.adamfields.com
Hello, I have run Zope on Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows2K, with and without Apache. I thought Debian GNU/Linux with Apache as the proxy worked fine. I run FreeBSD now because of security, though there are some complications with the default python. I definately prefer one of the unices to microsoft though. Hope that helps, Jake -- Jake Berglund <jwb@imeme.net> Online Community Building Professional: http://imeme.net - Web Hosting; Zope, PHP Personal: http://metasyntactic.com - Music, Mayhem, Foo Børge Kjeldstad wrote:
Hei,
Say I wanted to use Zope and I had enough money to buy a fairly good server to run it on.
Further, say I could choose the OS I wanted (Linux or Microsoft)
And further,say I wanted Zope (some time in the future) to communicate with some other
programs that I am yet not aware of (these could be an sql-database,some math-programs and more).
What would then be the best Zope installation I could make? Would it be Zope with Linux and Apache?
(This might be an hopeless question, but we’ll try J)
Best regards!
Børge Kjeldstad
You will find this generates all sort of opinions. I just recently chose a machine for a Zope/MySQL web application--a bit more industrial strength than perhaps is needed, but that's what the customer demands. Our configuration is a 2U rackmount with hotpluggable disks and significant cooling capability becasue of tremendous airflow. Redundant power supply. The processors are dual Athlon 2800's--not the bleeding edge but almost. 4GB of memory (registered/ECC), but PC2100 not PC2600. A 3Ware Escalade RAID with 4 SATA disks (4 x 120GM) configured as a Raid 10 and an 80 GB system disk. CD-ROM for system loads, dual 10/100/1000 MB ethernet ports. The Tyan board has a graphics contoller suitable for a systems console. Hardware cost is just a bit more than $5000. We'll probably run RH 9 once the threading issues get sorted out. Until then, R 7.3 which has proven to be exceptionally stable. Python 2.3.1 with large file support. Zope 2.6.1 with a variety of custom and standard products and extensions. We'll run multiple instance of Zope rather than use VHM. We'll use MySQL as the backend Database and use ZEO to provide strorage management for some (but not all) of our Zopes. We'll use Pound as our front-end to provide Internet isolation, load balancing, virtual hosting, and SSl support. Is this a 'best" configuration? It's hard to tell. Based on our experience with a similar machine (2GB memory, no RAID) the workloads we project will not really challenge the machine. On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] B�rge Kjeldstad wrote:
Hei,
Say I wanted to use Zope and I had enough money to buy a fairly good server to run it on. Further, say I could choose the OS I wanted (Linux or Microsoft) And further, say I wanted Zope (some time in the future) to communicate with some other programs that I am yet not aware of (these could be an sql-database, some math-programs and more).
What would then be the best Zope installation I could make? Would it be Zope with Linux and Apache?
(This might be an hopeless question, but we�ll try :-))
Best regards!
B�rge Kjeldstad
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