Am 17.01.2013 08:30, schrieb Frank Elsner: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:47:33 +0000 Alexandr Sabitov wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have compared Dovecot performance to Courier and it appears that as a POP3 >> server Dovecot is slower in 2 times but as an IMAP server it is faster in >> 1.5 times. The same node (16CPUs), testing time is 30 min, please see >> results and dovecot configs attached. >> Benchmark software is MStone used by Sendmail Inc so is is quite reliable. >> >> I do not see anything else to tweak in Dovecot to increase POP3 performance. >> Can we all have some tips to improve it please ? > > The Middle Age has called, it wants POP3 back. > > --Frank Elsner >
i have about 1000 pop3 tls logins per minute with dovecot ( one server ) ( real users ! ) so its simply fast enough, in real live , after optimize dovecot setup to your needs, at some point you will use loadbalancers/directors etc to pump up performance thats for all pop3 server you might use Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Joerg Heidrich
