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Date:      Sat, 30 May 2009 18:50:46 +0200
From:      Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, Johan Hendriks <Johan@double-l.nl>
Subject:   Re: Stable Mail Server And Web Mail
Message-ID:  <200905301850.47027.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905301804050.18381@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Saturday 30 May 2009 18:05:12 Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > Depends on your usage. I'd say for SMTP table lookups, MySQL can out
> > perform PostgreSQL, unless one uses persistent connections (postfix
> > proxy-map to be on topic). The reason for this is that the connection
> > start up for MySQL has lower overhead then for PostgreSQL.
>
> for just quick searching of keys isn't just berkeley DB or maybe sqlite
> the best. there will be no connecting at all.
>
> anyway sqlite is much more useful

Only for single machine installs as I wouldn't recommend sqlite over NFS to 
share the database.
The idea was to have one machine (or a replicated cluster) with a database and 
several mail servers getting their information from there. It's less about 
performance, more about a preference of how you want to manage your 
information.
-- 
Mel



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