db4 backend alternative

[Ken Murchison]

Mark Hannessen wrote:

> well, db4 was the default... so I thought....
> a well, you got the picture :p
> 
> anyways I am using skiplist now, and so far so good.
> but this entire thing does keep me wondering why skiplist isn't the 
> default..

Because BDB is faster for random lookups.

http://acs-wiki.andrew.cmu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Cyrus/WhatDatabaseBackend


> 
> anyway, A big thanks to all you people out there.
> 
> Mark Hannessen
> 
> >Seriously, why don't you guys switch to skiplist and avoid the whole 
> Berkeley DB
> >mess?  I switched to skiplist for mailboxes.db, deliver.db, and the 
> seen databases
> >(on 2.1.x) about a year and a half ago and haven't had a problem 
> since.  Berkeley DB
> >may perform better in some situations, but IMHO it's not worth the 
> hassle it brings.
> >YMMV...
> >
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