Autor: Marc Perkel Data: A: exim-users Assumpte: Re: [exim] dbm vs. text lookup - when to I switch to dbm?
Tony Finch wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Marc Perkel wrote:
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>>So - if I have a list of domains - at what point does it make sense for me to
>>switch over to dbm format instead of just text? The list is 100 entries -
>>where is the line to justify it?
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>How many messages per day?
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>Tony.
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> A lot - I'd guess just under a million.
But - the question is also - I have some text lists with 4 entries so I
assume that 4 is quicker with just a text search. I assume probably 100
is faster in a DB search. Where is the breaking point? 25 - 50?