Re: Suggestions for GSoC idea: A new Plone Message Board

On 20 March 2014 22:54, Dylan Jay <djay-n0pU0XVUApFWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:

>
> >  2) Are we sure we want to store the message content in the ZODB? Or
> even in Plone? The answer is probably yes, but I know for a fact that
> Ploneboard had huge performance problems with large forums. Dexterity will
> make it better, but not necessarily good enough. If you don't understand
> what a _p_jar is, find out. :) I would also look to see if there are ways
> to make it possible to optionally store message content in a relational
> database. Ploneboard sortof tried to make a set of interfaces that would be
> generic enough for this purpose, but since there was never an actual
> implementation I doubt it worked out.
> >
>
> I think to be useful we can't insist on a relationaldb.
>

Agreed. I said optional. :)


>  Do you have any info on where the performance bottlenecks were?
>

Loading a huge amount of content objects because each reply to a thread was
its own content object.


> I don't see a reason why zodb can't work but it might involve its own
> catalog, not using content types for messages and perhaps delayed text
> indexing in the global catalog. But knowing where the problems were or who
> might know could really help the person attempting this.
>

I totally shudder at the idea of "its own catalog". That's never worked out
well for us. ;)

Martin

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