23 Sep
2005
23 Sep
'05
11:17 p.m.
If you are trying to tune for where there are significant numbers of very small (< 2k) files (well smaller than the typical block size in the underlying filesystem), you may be aiming too small. It looks like the median file size in my maildir folders is about 3100 bytes. What sizes were you thinking the typical admin would set as the limit?
Personally, I think your time would be better spent integrating a database message store and let the database engine deal with storage and indexing issues. YMMV. ;-)
Reiserfs is designed to handle lots of very small files, and my spam-quarantine dir with 26K files performs fine, too. Maildir on Reiser is a great combination for me. Brian