-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Cyr wrote: > Just reading along... > > At the OS view, would dual cores balance the Linux overhead on one CPU > and python/zope on the other, based on resources required. > In other words, would the second core allow python to go faster, not > having to deal with the various OS and distro tools (apache, squid, > pound, mailman, etc.) overhead items. Does the mechanism governing > multiple cores separate/allocate processes by resources needed? ... and > does a python/zope process get evaluated as a "heavyweight" process, > maybe getting allocated the lion's share of a single core. > > It seems that the whole world of multiple cores CPUs will be upon us > very quickly now. The ZEO Server on one, ZEO Client on the other is a > good answer. Just wondering if there are any other advantages of python > being the way it is, in the mix. > > Great discussion for me, thanks,
The general thumb rule is "one appserver process per CPU"; running the storage server on the same machine should't increase the CPU load significantly (the storage server is I/O bound, not CPU bound). Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 202-558-7113 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDxZHt+gerLs4ltQ4RAgSrAKDAKMF/nDmWHilYB+cqtX/g12eHFQCgyDUP cDs45Zp3G2m1vNDIZfTN2V4= =qiau -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )