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

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great minds think alike.... :-)


On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 01:56:49PM -0500, Ryan Hunt wrote:
> 
> heh, I must be psychic.. I was writing the response as u were sending this
> :-)
> 
> -Ryan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Hall" <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 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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