Janne Peltonen wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 11:01:03AM +0100, Simon Matter wrote: >>> This might be a problem, since we have some users that really have 10000 >>> messages in their INBOX. Although it seems that Cyrus itself cannot cope >>> with this either... in our current, non-clustering setup. But then, it's >>> an old version. >> Interesting, I have some folders with ~100'000 messages and cyrus handles >> it very nice. Did you say you have a problem with 10'000 messages in a >> mailbox? > > I didn't inspect the case at all closely, but yes, there was one user > with some 10'000 messages in one folder experiencing slowdown, and after > I suggested him to clean up his INBOX, there were no more complaints. > But it was (is) really an old version of Cyrus on a very busy server. What fs are you using? ext3 without special flags whould choke on 10-20k message per directory. ResierFS (and maybe XFS? JFS?) handle large numbers of files per directory >20K just fine > > > --Janne > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > -- Joel Nimety Product Architect 203.541.3416 jnimety@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.perimeterusa.com -- The sender of this email subscribes to Perimeter Internetworking's email anti-virus service. This email has been scanned for malicious code and is believed to be virus free. For more information on email security please visit: http://www.perimeterusa.com/malicious_code_defense_content.html This communication is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) above and may contain trade secrets or other information that is exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by anyone other than the named recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete the email and immediately notify our Command Center at 203-541-3444. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
