[Zope] strange performance problem

[Dieter Maurer]

Dennis Allison wrote at 2004-3-22 01:43 -0800:
>This has the characteristics of a network problem, but it may be somewhere
>else.  Users report that the system just seems to stop responding for a
>few seconds, then recovers.  Of course, I've not been able to reproduce
>the problem nor isolate a command sequence that triggers it, but I am
>convinced that it's real.  This, BTW, happens on a lightly loaded machine
>with no apparent resource problems.
>
>Any thoughts, pointers, or techniques to isolate the problem would be
>appreciated.   
>
>Oh, yes, the environment..  Dual Athlon Barton Stepping CPUs AMD2600, Tyan
>Tiger Motherboard, 4GB memory, 4x120 3Ware RAID 10, ethernet feed.  RH7.3
>OS, Python 2.3.1, Zope 2.6.2b3.

If this is indeed Python 2.3.1 (and not Python 2.1.3), then
you should upgrade your Python. Python 2.3.1 contained
bugs triggered by Zope.

-- 
Dieter