[Dovecot] mbox vs maildir

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

* Jesse C. Smillie <jsmillie at gatewayk12.org>:

> The only thing I'm not sure of is what the best file system to keep this 
> on.  I have been keeping my home directories on ReiserFS for quite a 
> while, but one of our tech thinks XFS would be good.

XFS is lousy for many small files. We tried XFS for our 9000 Users
(Maildir) and swithced back to ext3.

> All data I have right now tells me to stay ReiserFS though.  Even
> Dovecot's own page says XFS may not be a wise choice.

My experience tells me to stay away from ReiserFS as well.

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