[Zope] Zope, performance and multithreading (beginner questions)

[Jeff Bauer]

>> Apache might be a bit slower in terms of latency (total time
>> to complete
>> request) due to a moderatly expensive fork() call that happens 
>> in PCGI but we've seen PCGI do a million hits a day on modest
>>  hardware, nothing to sneeze at.
 
> I don't know PCGI except superficially, so could you explain why 
> this is even necessary? Is it necessary with mod_pcgi?

The fork() call is unnecessary with Andrew Kuchling's mod_pcgi.

As Michel (?) points out, even plain pcgi_wrapper is nothing 
to sneeze at.

Gesundheit,

-Jeff