Hi, On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 10:24:33AM +0200, Emmanuel Lacour wrote:
> I would like to understand why some softwares such as postfix or squid > uses hash of directories like: > > a/a/ > b/a/ > c/a/ > d/a/darmond > e/a/ > f/a/ > > for their spools. > > I will set up a server for a lot of mail accounts (~20000) with > postfix+ldap+maildrop+courier-imap, so is it better to put all Maildirs > in /home/vmail/ directly or using hash directories? What are the > benefits? The benefit is a reduced number of entries per directory. A lot of filesystems experience severe degradations above certain entry counts. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies - Emile van Bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 http://www.e-advies.nl
