Re: to hash or not to hash?

2004-05-25 Thread Ken Murchison
Rob Siemborski wrote: On Tue, 25 May 2004, Ken Murchison wrote: Is there any reason not to use: hashimapspool: true Are there guidelines on when it is an advantage or a disadvantage to use it? I can't think of a time when you *shouldn't* use it, really. It may not offer much of a benefit on

Re: to hash or not to hash?

2004-05-25 Thread Ken Murchison
Rob Siemborski wrote: On Tue, 25 May 2004, Andrew J Caird wrote: Is there any reason not to use: hashimapspool: true Are there guidelines on when it is an advantage or a disadvantage to use it? I can't think of a time when you *shouldn't* use it, really. It may not offer much of a benefi

Re: to hash or not to hash?

2004-05-25 Thread Rob Siemborski
On Tue, 25 May 2004, Ken Murchison wrote: Is there any reason not to use: hashimapspool: true Are there guidelines on when it is an advantage or a disadvantage to use it? I can't think of a time when you *shouldn't* use it, really. It may not offer much of a benefit on some filesystems, b

Re: to hash or not to hash?

2004-05-25 Thread Rob Siemborski
On Tue, 25 May 2004, Andrew J Caird wrote: > Is there any reason not to use: > hashimapspool: true > Are there guidelines on when it is an advantage or a disadvantage to use > it? I can't think of a time when you *shouldn't* use it, really. It may not offer much of a benefit on some filesy

Re: to hash or not to hash?

2004-05-25 Thread Christoph Moench-Tegeder
## Andrew J Caird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is there any reason not to use: > hashimapspool: true > Are there guidelines on when it is an advantage or a disadvantage to use > it? "Recommended for large (no of mailboxes) spools". "Large" depends on your filesystem. Linux/ext3 takes some 15 thou

to hash or not to hash?

2004-05-25 Thread Andrew J Caird
Is there any reason not to use: hashimapspool: true Are there guidelines on when it is an advantage or a disadvantage to use it? I've looked through the docs and the list archives and haven't seen anything either way. Thanks. -- Andrew Caird --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyru