[Zope] Reasonable maximum # of objects in ZODB?

[Max M]

VanL wrote:

> I am trying to convince my boss to go with a Zope-based solution for a 
> web app.  I had heard that the ZODB scales to about 5 million objects 
> (products and text files, mostly) with reasonable performance.  Is 
> this right?  What are reasonable performance and size limits for the 
> ZODB on single-proc intel server hardware?


The Zodb is best suitet to complex objects that would be hard to 
implement in a relational database. Usually you don't have many of those 
in the database at a time.

When you have a _lot_ of objects they are usually similar and better 
suited for a relational database.

Using Zope does not mean that you cannot use a rdbm system also.

Rather you have the best of both worlds.

And you are not gaining in complexity as the simplicity gained by going 
all relational is quickly lost when trying to implement complex objects 
with on top an rdbms.

regards Max M

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