[Zope-dev] zope + speed + persistant db

[Paul Mokbel]

Hi, 

I have a few aching questions to ask.. Maybe some of you can bright some
light on 'em..

1) How fast is zope running as ZServer.. (is it fairly fast).. If I use an
external python method, and 'import' python modules (if it was previously
called), will it reload? or am I confused as to how zope works.

2) Does zope support persistant MySQL connections *THIS IS A MUST!*.
Zope, php, mod_perl have some kind of support for persistant SQL
connections..  In other words, if a previous connection to a DB was opened
and not closed, it re-uses it automatically. It does increase
performance..

3) Does zope use medusa? If not, WHY!?!?!?! (so far, I'd say that medusa
is perfect for the operation.. but maybe I'm wrong.. clarify)

4) As per the pcgi CGI wrapper that runs under any other web server: Is
there a speed indifference compared to having the ZServer taking
care of the http requests.. (pretty obvious, but is it marginal).. 

5) To be frank, I am not interested in DTML; rather, I am interested in
the python implementation and the possibility of using it for mission
critical python CGIs. I previously wanted to implement Python into Boa (a
fast httpd, and using it strictly for serving out Python CGI's without the
forking of a process). Is this for me? or perhaps maybe httpdapy or
pyapache..

I'm looking for performance more than ANYTHING!

Thanks!
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