ZODB (Zope Object Data Base)

Status: Draft

ZODB stands for Zope Object DataBase. It is a standalone python library which can be used with any python application, be it desktop or web.

The concepts, techniques and methods behind ZODB

• BTree
• Indexes
• Replication
• Clustering with ZEO
  

Tutorials

• Example driven ZODB
• A code driven tutorial on ZODB

References

• Jim Fulton's (creator of Zope) ZODB paper

ZODB vs Relational Databases

• A simple benchmark by Flávio Codeço Coelho (2007)
• ZODB vs PostgreSQL write/read performance (2009/03)

Interesting articles

• A misconception about the ZODB

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