Which Database backend to use?

[Rob Siemborski]

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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