From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 9 03:15:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBAF01065674 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2012 03:15:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F96C8FC08 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2012 03:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3V3tyS29rXz19j for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2012 22:15:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:14:22 -0500 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4F596EA7.4090207@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4F596EA7.4090207@herveybayaustralia.com.au> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: imap server performance benchmarks X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:15:50 -0000 --As of March 9, 2012 12:44:55 PM +1000, Da Rock is alleged to have said: > I'm reconsidering my current setup (postfix/courier) for imap and I was > doing some research on performance comparisons between imap server > setups. I stumbled on this article just just about fell of my chair > laughing when I read the last article on future benchmarking tests to > perform: > > research.microsoft.com/pubs/138302/lisa.pdf > > Considering I have close to a hundred folders or more, and an average of > 50,000 emails in each (yes, not good, and I am working on archiving but > it won't help _that_ much) with nearly 200,000 in just one! I got a real > kick out of the comment that "no sane email user would have more than > 21,000 emails in a folder" - that would make me certifiable :D Oh, and > that most email wouldn't be more than a GB or so... mine's edging 6GB > already... > > So, all jokes aside, I contemplated that I would make an ideal test case > to the extreme for benchmarking imap servers. Anyone have any suggestions > on what to test/how? Anyone have some tools they have created for a > similar challenge? I have my own ideas, but if anyone wants me to try > something I'd be willing to give it a shot. --As for the rest, it is mine. No idea, but as someone who recently had to trim one of his mail folders (same setup) as it was having trouble with over 210,000 messages, I'd be interested in your results. ;) Daniel T. STaal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------