[Zope] Re: Packing Data.fs

[Chris Withers]

Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>> It's also f'ing slow and doesn't scale ;-)
> 
> Translation: In our experience, large databases with a lot of objects 
> can lead to very slow operations, such as packing and backing up the 
> data. This might be improved by using a file  system designed for many 
> small files, but on ext3 the whole thing became a terrible dog. This 
> slowness also appears when doing automated buildouts which create lots 
> of objects. Even simple stuff like just instantiating a Plone portal 
> from the ZMI was noticeably slower.

I thought my version was much more understandable ;-)

Chris

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