Avleen Vig wrote:
> To work around file locking contention against the filesystem-based db.
> This is a big problem on high-throughput relays.
Also SQL-Databases need to lock from time to time.
You can put the hint-database-files in a ram-disk, that will speed the
whole thing up heavily on some systems.
Also, exim_tidydb should be run from time to time, so the database stays
small.
But exim, as all MTAs, is pretty IO-bound. So if you want REAL speed,
use a battery-backed ram-drive for your spool. Or disable all sync-calls
inside of exim, if you can assure that your machine will not crash.
Nico
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