[Zope] zodb Q

[Kevin Dangoor]

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From: "-" <kedai@kedai.com.my>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 10:13 PM
Subject: [Zope] zodb Q


> i still can't make out how zodb works.  i see that it increases it's sizes
> after a while.  if i pack, it shrinks back.  what is really happening?  i
read
> in previous threads, all unreferenced objects are kept until packed.  will
> cache garbage collection do this?  will frequent garbage collection (30
sec)
> help?

The FileSystem Storage basically just keeps appending to the Data.fs file
whenever an object is changed. This is why doing a hit counter using a
folder property or something similar is not good, because the file grows
with each hit.

I have found that CatalogAware objects seem to add up quickly. If you're
using CatalogAware ZClasses and changing them/reindexing them a lot, this
might explain your file growing so quickly.

Without knowing your application, it's hard to tell what can be changed to
avoid the frequent file bloat...

Kevin