Which Database backend to use?

[Christopher S. Pallone]

Wow, completely missed this in the archives. Thanks for the quick response 
and link. It is very informative. :)

Christopher S. Pallone
Michaels Stores, Inc.


--On Monday, March 31, 2003 12:22:21 -0500 Rob Siemborski 
<rjs3 at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Christopher S. Pallone wrote:
>
>> I have noticed a couple of threads recently about the use of different
>> database backends with cyrus IMAPd. Can anyone explain when and where a
>> specific DB backend should and shouldn't be  be used? Are the current
>> default values found in configure.in still considered the best options
>> for most installations?
>
> http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl&msg
> =2311
>
>> The current defaults for 2.1.12 are set to the following:
>> duplicate delivery database:	db3_nosync
>> mailbox list database:		db3
>> seen state database:		flat
>> subscriptions list database:	flat
>> TLS cache database:		db3_nosync
>>
>> When should I consider switching to the skiplist backend?
>
> As soon as possible.  We can't change the defaults in 2.1 because that
> would pretty much break existing installs.
>
> -Rob
>
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