[Zope] Urgent help needed: Zope falls over under moderate loa d

Toby Dickenson tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com
Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:44:39 +0000


On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:24:04 +1100, Richard Jones
<richard@bizarsoftware.com.au> wrote:

>> Also, Im not sure its worth the effort. This isnt the only compelling
>> reason for using a font-end proxy. Using a proxy makes this problem a
>> non-issue, so why bother fixing it?
>
>... because it requires the installation of Yet Another Piece Of =
Software,=20
>which can fail or otherwise go sideways in its own peculiar ways.

True

But, that has to be balanced against the value which a front-end proxy
brings to the zope configuration.... in other words, whether squid is
pulling its weight.

Zope relies on external software for email delivery, dns lookups, etc.
These are complicated jobs that other software already handles well. I
dont see the front-end job is any different.=20



Toby Dickenson
tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com