[Zope] manage_minimize

[Jens Vagelpohl]

On 4 Nov 2005, at 12:43, Sascha Ottolski wrote:

> Am Freitag, 4. November 2005 11:34 schrieb Jens Vagelpohl:
>>> Zope-2-7-6
>>> I would like to minimize cache of my ZODB mounted database by
>>> manage_minimize function from PythonScript placed in Root Folder.
>>
>> Why? Do you expect to reduce the Zope memory footprint? That won't
>> happen on most operating systems...
>
> you might not get memory back, but you could prevent that too much  
> is consumed
> in the first place. at least thats what I believe to have observed  
> for long
> running maintenance jobs that touch many (several thousands)  
> objects during a
> transaction. of course, if its possible to commit() once in a while  
> saves way
> more memory.

It's not only possible to commit once in a while during such jobs,  
it's what you *should* do.

jens