Re: Mass Mailout Performance Tips

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Michael T. Babcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 12 September 2000 at 16:06:16 
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 > How does a different filesystem, like ReiserFS help?  Hypothetically?

By reducing disk bandwidth used on the queue disk(s).  This is often
the limiting factor on a high-volume mail server running qmail. 

There are a lot of fsyncs done, to make sure the mail is securely on
the disk before formally accepting it (returning success from smtpd or
inject).  
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