[Zope] Threads Optimizing Linux.

Bill Anderson bill@libc.org
16 Apr 2001 12:16:17 -0600


On 16 Apr 2001 18:15:12 +0200, Aitor Grajal Crespo wrote:
> Hello , my question is a bit complex ( for me ). I have :
> 
> - Linux RH 6.1
> - python 1.5.2 --with-thread (source compiled)
> - zope 2.2.x or zope 2.3.x (source compiled)
> 
> In any program in python with Linux (inclusive Zope), the threads are processes,i.e,


No, this is incorrect.


 they consume memory and donīt share it.
> In Windows this is different.
> 
> In Linux, I have Zope running with 4 Threads. I have five processes and everyone consuming about 12 MB => 12 * 5 MB = 60 MB


No, this is incorrect as well. Those are threads, each charing the
memory, not each using 12MB. If you look into the archives of the zope
lists you will see several threads on this where it is shown that it is
not as you describe it.