Interviewed by CNN on 18/11/2013 18:35, Rick Merrill told the world: > I found it (DB) surprisingly fast (faster than ftp?). And I have the > impression > that most of the files for news and mail are small. I also thought that the > other > instance was marked in-progress until updated.
Dropbox uses a few tricks to speed up transfers, like checking if the file you are uploading has been already uploaded by another user (if so, then it sorta "lies" that it has uploaded the file, when in fact it copies it from the other user). As for mail files... not that small, no. The MBOX mail store system Seamonkey uses makes a file for every mail/news folder on your profile. Those can end up quite large, if you keep lots of messages (particularly ones with large attachments) on the same folder. But average size will depend on your usage. For instance, most of my mail files are under 10 Mb, but I have a few over 100 Mb -- one is almost 400 Mb. OTOH, I have no idea how good is Dropbox at doing differential syncing. If it can identify the parts that have changed and sync only those, then it's likely to be a fairly fast sync -- mail store files tend to be changed only at the tail-end, most of the time. It's a pity that Mozilla still hasn't finished implementation of a maildir-like mail store (one where each message is a distinct file). Those systems tend to yield more efficient syncing and backups, since olde message files are essentially static. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Smith-Corona. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.22 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
