[Zope] Medusa performance - was: HELP: downloading file from netscape/old IE can frozezope

[Gilles lavaux]

Hello,

I have used medusa to build a 'host monitoring' system (very easy:I just had
to code a module). And I find medusa extremly fast : I have tested it at ~3
millions hit/day(~33hit/sec) whithout problem, actualy I don't know what is
the top limit on my config(dec alpha 433). BUT this was only with very small
pages.

What I dont understand with zope2 is why I have 7 process started: 'python
z2.py -D' ?? If I understoud correctly medusa, it's running in a single
process, so does it means that Zope use 1 medusa http sever + N (6??) 'zope
process' to handle up to N (6?) requests simultanously?

How does the Zope2/medusa part works?

Gilles Lavaux

>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Glossner <glossner@hotmail.com>
>To: zope@zope.org <zope@zope.org>
>Cc: Paul Everitt <Paul@digicool.com>; evan@4-am.com <evan@4-am.com>
>Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 8:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [Zope] Medusa performance - was: HELP: downloading file from
>netscape/old IE can frozezope
>
>
>>> --- Paul Everitt Paul@digicool.com wrote: ---
>>> Actually the strategy we are using with zope.org and Apache write now is
>>> slower (PCGI) than what we're migrating to starting today (mod_fastcgi).
>>>
>>Actually, I guess the real intent of the question was how many pages/sec
>>can a Medusa server handle versus Apache? At what point do you
>>decide to cut over? I ask this out of ignorance.I have never
>>worked with a high volume site. I just found it somewhat odd
>>that zope runs off of Apache as the entrance to the site.
>>
>>Thanks,
>John