On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:23:02PM -0800, Joe Emenaker wrote: > The directory was using 17 megs....
that really hurts performance on an ext2/ext3 partition. some other filesystems (e.g. reiser, xfs) aren't affected so badly by huge directories. > I'm not talking about the FILES in the directory... I'm talking about > the directory ENTRIES (filename, inode number, etc.). I was forced to > just say "screw it!" and I mv'd the input and msglog folders to other > names and then created new, empty ones so that our mail server wouldn't > buckle under the load. > > But anyway, like the subject line says, my real question is: why doesn't > Exim ever clean this stuff out itself? i can't answer your question, but here's some relevant advice for you: exim doesn't scale. if you want performance, switch to postfix. craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
