Nginx configuration for imap

[Robert Mueller]

> $user['user1'] = 10.1.1.1;
> $user['user2'] = 10.1.1.2;
> ----
> $user[user15000]=10.1.1.1;
> For 15k users this method becomes very heavy. There are too many httpd
> processes running that suck the resources on the machine. I want to
> store the userlist in a memcache and look it up through nginx.conf
> How do I do this ?

Don't use memcache, it's a *cache*, you want a *database*. So
just use a database to store the data, and look it up for each
user. eg.

mysql: http://php.net/manual/en/book.mysql.php
bdb: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/programmer_reference/ext_php.html
Choose your favourite key/value db here...

Rob

Rob Mueller
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