On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 10:46 +0100, lst_ho...@kwsoft.de wrote: > Zitat von ram <r...@netcore.co.in>: > > > We need to design a mail system where postfix transport maps file will > > grow based on the inputs. . This may grow to a million lines > > > > I need to know what will be the max entries in transport map that the > > machine can handle ( 4 GB Ram , Quad Xeon) .. given that the system is > > running postfix and almost nothing else > > > > How do I test the limits ? > > > > Thanks > > Ram > > This is only dependant on the map-type you are using. If you have many > updates you should using a "network" database type (not file based) > like SQL or LDAP. Test the lookup times for the map-type of your > choice with the patterns described in the manpages for transport and > see what you get. Be aware that the lookup table for transport should > be highly available because without transport lookups Postfix will > stop working at all. > Sorry forgot to mention I will be using cdb file for transport_maps
> Regards > > Andreas >