Hi,
use "doveadm" to get all real message
doveadm -f table fetch -A "size.physical" ALL | awk '{s+=$2}END{printf("%.2fMB\n", s/1024/1024);}'
189247.67MB .. 185G
use "du" to get size on disc:
In my case with deduplication:
/srv/stroage/# du -s -h * 53G vmail 75G vmail_sis
without deduplication
/srv/stroage/# du -s -h -l * 53G vmail 209G vmail_sis
j4i, SIS can't use the zlib plugin so the 75G in my case are not compressed (I haven't a filesystem that I trust and has a compression feature). Anyway it has a 3:1 ratio in my case.
Maybe I interpret the SIS wrong and SIS couldn't be counted with du -l (count links).
But if someone doesn't have SIS this values should be point you into the right direction.
bye
Harald
Am 16.03.2016 um 08:50 schrieb Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator:
Am 15.03.16 um 16:01 schrieb Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator:
Hi,
may be someone has already done that: Do you have a script(?) tool which shows the efficiency of the mail compression if zlib is used?
Something that shows the uncompressed size vrs. the compressed.
Hi,
maybe my question was a bit misleading. But anyway thanks for your feedback regarding your experiences and compression rates.
We already thought about the benefit of less IO and more CPU power, which is no concern.
The mailboxes I checked also go with 40-60% compression rate.
But what I was looking for was a tool or way to see what volume would be used if we where not using compression.
e.g. "du -hs --without-zlib"
Our management would like to see a graph one day which shows the volume uncompressed and compressed ...
Adding zlib with mdbox or maildir - as we do it currently - is from my POV if you have the CPU power a MUST :)
happy dovecoting - Götz
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