[Zope] Zope Startup Question: Threads Directive

[Dieter Maurer]

hpinson@indepthl.com writes:
 > Question.  In Zope startup, is the directiuve "-t 9" equivilent to:
 > 
 > "%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9"
These are parameters that can be passed on the command line
to "start.bat".

"-t 9" is not equivalent to "%1 %2...", unless you call
"start.bat -t 9".

 > On a fast W2K box, running Zope standalone, with a lot of RAM, 
 > what would the optimal number of threads be, for some moderately 
 > loaded websites?
Please search the mailing list archives. Matt Kromer recently
explained some heuristic to find good values for the number
of tasks. Essence: keep the number low.


Dieter