[Zope] Zope Database Size

[Jim Fulton]

Kevin Dangoor wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Harris" <phil.harris@zope.co.uk>
> To: "Chris Withers" <chrisw@nipltd.com>; "James W. Howe"
> <jwh@allencreek.com>
> Cc: "Zope Mailing List" <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 12:04 PM
> Subject: RE: [Zope] Zope Database Size
> 
> [snippage]
> 
> > I have a Zope database which is roughly 500Mb on an NT box.
> >
> > I, so far, have absolutely no worries about the size of the ZODB, apart
> from
> > running out of disk of course.
> 
> How frequently do you pack the DB, and how long does that take? That's
> something I've been curious about as my DB has been growing (but we're
> nowhere near 500MB right now...)

Note that in Zope 2, packing is done in the background
and doesn't block reads or writes except during a 
small part of the overall packing operation.

Jim

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