> Peter Clark wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Not really understanding the -U (reuses) flag, is there an advantage to >> using it? I imagine that there is in some specific instances so I better >> ask the question differently. When would it be advantageous to use the >> -U flag in cyrus.conf? >> >> ie: >> imap cmd="imapd -U 60" listen="imap" prefork=6 > > If process creation is expensive on your system, it's good to reuse an > existing imapd process as many times as possible to avoid the fork() > overhead. I was just wondering whether there is a list somewhere on how expensive a fork() is on different platforms. I know it should be quite fast on Linux but some Unices make it expensive. I'm wondering which one are expensive these days. Regards, Simon ---- 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
