[ZODB-Dev] Using ZEO to solve problem with slow connection

[Roché Compaan]

> > First, would it make sense to zip marshalled objects before they are
> > transferred between client and server?
> 
> You can use a ssh for this. The -C option will compress the data, and 
> you can specify a NULL cipher if you don't need to encrypt the data.

Thanks Steve, I'll give this a try.

> > Secondly, how difficult will it be to modify ZEO to not delay client
> > reads if the record exists in the client cache. The server then pushes
> > modifications to the client when they occur and the client updates the
> > record in its cache as soon as it is available locally.
> > 
> > Any other ideas will be appreciated.
> 
> If you only need one-way replication, look at Directory Storage.

We need replication both ways.

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Roché Compaan
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