Re: [Exim] split_spool_directory overhead

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Philip Hazel wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Dave C. wrote:
>
> > I have a question on this - do queue runners pick a random subdirectory
> > to process, or do they run them in order?
> >
> > Eg, if I start 5 queue runners, will they all start with the same
> > subdir, or different ones?
> >
> > I suspect (and am hoping) they they are random. This is Exim 3.3x, btw..
>
> Each queue runner scans the main directory first, to get a list of
> subdirectories. This list is then randomly sorted before it is used. I
> don't claim that Exim random numbers are very random, but I think they
> are good enough for this kind of purpose.

Its good enough for me that it isnt specifically doing them in order.

Any (psuedo)randomness is sufficient.