[aclug-L] Re: filesystems (was Re: MTAs & maildir vs mbox)

["Ryan Hunt" <rhunt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

heh, I must be psychic.. I was writing the response as u were sending this
:-)

-Ryan
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From: "Jonathan Hall" <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:49 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: filesystems (was Re: MTAs & maildir vs mbox)


>
> > Large mbox mailboxes are huge, unwieldy files. Large maildir mailboxes
> > are huge, unwieldy directories--most filesystems don't handle them
> > efficiently after they grow to a few thousand files.
>
> Okay... along those lines... which filesystem(s) ARE good at handling
large
> numbers of files in a single directory?
>
> What other considerations should be taken into account when choosing a
> filesystem--specifically one for a (ponentially large and heavily used)
mail
> spool?
>
> -- Jonathan
>
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