[ZODB-Dev] Re: From memory Problems to Disk Problems :-(

Itamar Shtull-Trauring lists@itamarst.org
Tue, 06 Nov 2001 00:40:44 +0200


> I'm not sure.  Sleepycat claims that they can handle big objects just
> fine.  I suppose I'd err on the side of lots of smaller commits.

Yes, but if I understood correctly every transaction is written both in 
the transaction log and in the database itself. So if the transactions 
update large chunks of data each time, then a lot of data is gonna get 
written to the logs.