db4 backend alternative

[Simon Matter]

> 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..

I think it's because for some databases, BDB may be a bit better than
skiplist. When I asked last time nobody could really tell me how much
better it is. My plan is to just test it myself on a quite busy server. If
I don't see any real problem, I may switch to skiplist. In fact I may
change the defaults in my rpms to skiplist. You may ask why? Because
almost all questions I get regarding my rpms are related to problems with
BDB, not cyrus-imapd itself.

Simon

>
> 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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