Am 26.04.2013 13:20, schrieb Wietse Venema: > post...@netorbit.it: >> On 26/04/2013 00:15, grarpamp wrote: >>>> maildir format scale[s] quite well; pretty much the only >>>> limitation is storage I/O. >>> Depending on your FS and horsepower, anything over >>> 1000 x (n * 10) files in a directory can start to sink you >>> pretty quick. I've always wondered if there's a maildir split >>> specified out there that applications could utilize... >>> where n is your split width... tmp/n, new/n, cur/n. >> what about shifting this problem to the storage layer? > > Faster disks don't solve algorithmic problems (problems related > to the number of files per directory).
alternate you may use mdbox http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/dbox > > Wietse > Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
