[Dovecot] POP3 vs. IMAP Load/Memory usage in Dovecot 1.0.15

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace lists at truthisfreedom.org.uk
Tue Jul 12 09:03:56 EEST 2011


On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 00:21 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Are these virtual machines?  You didn't state so previously.  Running
> 2.6.18 as a VM guest on these machines may also be part of the incorrect
> load reporting problem.  If so, run the data collector daemon inside the
> hypervisor itself so you get actual load figures.  You'll never get
> accurate performance metrics for a whole box from a kernel/daemon inside
> a VM guest.
> 

Nope, all on the bare metal in our own datacentre.

I'll let you know how the HT switchoff goes.

M.




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