[Dovecot] Benchmarking

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Fri Jan 26 20:19:59 UTC 2007


On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:25:03PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> 4) Dovecot's mbox code kicks maildir's ass.

Perhaps this is just a filesystem issue, XFS is known for handling
well large streaming-like data and is less optimized for many small
files. Maybe reiserfs would give you the opposite relationship.

> Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2GB memory, 300GB Seagate ATA disk with XFS
> Linux 2.6.19.2, x86-64 SMP, Debian unstable
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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