[Zope] Setting up a dedicated Zope box

[Casey Duncan]

OS depends on your preference/comfort level. I would recommend a Unix 
flavor, such as FreeBSD, but many ppl use Windows servers (NT/2000/etc).

As for the server, RAM is important. Throw as mush RAM at it as you can. 
Processor is second. I/O performance is generally not as big a deal for 
Zope (since it works mainly from RAM), but might be for other pieces 
(such as mySQL or squid).

You should probably setup ZEO as well. That makes it easy to scale your 
server. Plus you get advantages like faster restarts and less intrusive 
packing.

The following is an excellent guide to setting up Zope/ZEO "properly" on 
a Unix platform, keeping Zope itself, products and custom code separated 
for easier upgrading/site managment.

http://www.zope.org/Members/dshaw/AdvancedSiteSetup

hth,

-Casey

Tom Nixon wrote:
> I'm going to be setting up a Zope server soon for a public web site. The
> server will also be running mySQL and possibly Apache. What Operating
> System is recommended both from the point of view of ease of Zope
> installation and also stability/performance etc?
> 
> Finally, what would be considered a minimum spec for such a server?
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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