Skiplist / best practice for 2.1 branch

[Rob Siemborski]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tim Pushor wrote:

> >db3_nosync, skiplist, skiplist, flat, db3_nosync
> >
> If this truly is a 'best practice', should it be added to the
> documentation? or to a FAQ?

Some people have claimed problems with berkeley DB in general, but from a
theoretical standpoint the above should give the best performance (and
ease of use, in the case of subscriptions)

> While I'm at it - what does the 'db3' of 'db3_nosync' mean? I have to
> assume it isn't the version of Berkeley (Sleepycat) DB as one can use 4.1 ..

It's an anachronism.  Berkeley 4.1 is supported as of 2.1.10.

In Cyrus 2.2 not only is this documented but it will be the default (and
db3 will be renamed berkeley)

-Rob

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