[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.