How about boosting the default ZODB cache_size to something less ridiculous than the default 4000 ? I propose changing etc/zope.conf.skel to have an explicit value of 20000. Florent -- Florent Guillaume, Nuxeo (Paris, France) CTO, Director of R&D +33 1 40 33 71 59 http://nuxeo.com fg at nuxeo.com