On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:25:52PM -0600, qqqq wrote: > > My point here is - think outside the box. I'm going to be lobbying IMAP > server developers to include SQL backends. exim could pipe data into a > local delivery agent, or it can have features written to write directly > to the SQL backend. > > Thoughts ..... ? > > Because I am an SQL dummy, I do have this question. Would aps like Mysql and > Postgres be able to handle 10,000+ users with an average of 50 MB of email?
There are people happily running PostgreSQL with terrabyte databases. It's really a question of how much concurrency you need. One nice thing about databases is they make it possible to do things like partition your tables by month/week/whatever. You can then move older data onto larger partitions that use slower, cheaper drives. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"
