Re: [Dovecot] linux 2.4 vs 2.6 kernel

vmstech wrote:

hi I read ( I think in dovecot wiki) that ext2 or ext3 fs on a 2.4 kernel can get slow due to the number of files in a directory. Does anyone know if kernel 2.6 has similar limitation? I'm not at that point now, but before the box goes live, I'm wondering if I should resolve that. Glenn

i was trying to find out the same thing a few weeks back..

from what I understand, the 2.6 kernel has some significant optimisations to ext3... i think ext3 may now have B-trees to speed up access to directories with a lot of files/subdirectories? can anyone confirm this?

I was also looking at Reiser as an alternative... but as RH doesn't support it at all anymore, i didn't want to risk my precious maildirs :)

Michael