[Webware-discuss] ZPTKit and standard_template question

[Hancock, D. \(DHANCOCK\) <DHA...@ar...>]

I'm working with ZPTKit so I can use Zope Page Templates with Webware,
and functionally things are going well. I'm seeing a performance
problem, and hope that someone can point me in the right direction from
here.

My setup is Webware 0.8.1 plus ZPTKit and Zope Page Templates, with a
very simple template Routes.pt that uses macros and slots defined in
standard_template.pt.  There's almost nothing in the corresponding
Routes.py file.  If I restart WebKit, then hit the Routes page, the
"accessed" time (as reported by stat) reflects the current time.  From
then on, if I hit the page again, the Routes.pt file retains it accessed
time--that is, it appears not to have been reread.  That's a Good Thing,
performance-wise. However, the standard_template.pt file DOES get its
accessed time updated with each request for the page, and this seems to
be killing performance.

Using 'ab' and a 2K static HTML page, my system can serve about 200
requests per second. Using ZPTs, ZPTKit, standard_template.pt and
Routes.pt, I get about 1 page per second.

How can I get standard_template.pt read ONCE at startup and get back up
to a reasonable number of requests per second?

Cheers!
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David Hancock | dha...@ar... | 410-266-4384=20