[Zope] lame newbie product intallation q's...

[sathya]

Ken Gunderson wrote:
zope 2.7 has better facilities to run multiple instances from a single 
install. have you tried it yet ?
> Greets Folks:
> 
> I have really basic question- I want to run a couple different 
> Zope/Plone sites.  My assessment is that multiple zope instances offer 
> a better fit for my needs than VHM.  Some products will be shared 
> between sites, and others not.  My question is where to best install 
> these products and why?  Plone docs say INSTANCE_HOME.  Seems rather 
> redundant to install multiple copies, so can just maintain one plone 
> product dir somewhere and symlink as needed.  Else another possibility 
> is to just put into top level /usr/local/www/Zope/Products dir and let 
> all instances inherit.  Or is there some downside to this??  
> Enlightenment appreciated.  Thanks bunches.
>