If I do the same test[1] with mbox I can store around 31k messages and mdbox 16k messages. I noticed also that cpu and disk utilization with mdbox was not very high, while disk utilization on mbox was much higher. That makes me wonder if I can tune mdbox to have better performance?
[1] imaptest - append=100,0 logout=0 host=svr port=143 user=test pass=xxx seed=100 secs=240 clients=1 mbox=64kb.mbox box=inbox/test [2] mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:CONTROL=~/mail/control:INDEX=/var/d ovecot/%u/index:LAYOUT=maildir++ mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/%u/index - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. F1 Outsourcing Development Sp. z o.o. Poland t: +48 (0)124466845 f: +48 (0)124466843 e: [email protected]
