Re: [exim] Tools for SQL export to CDB

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Author: Jeff Garzik
Date:  
To: David Saez Padros
CC: exim users, W B Hacker
Subject: Re: [exim] Tools for SQL export to CDB
David Saez Padros wrote:
> we use here a cdb database for white/black listing that is rebuilt every
> 5 minutes from a mysql database (with more than 4 million ip addresses),
> in our case the cdb read speed compensates the databse rebuild every 5
> minutes. Of course this maybe even better using some dbm like database
> but we don't have tried it yet. For other purposes where data is updated
> from time to time is even better (username/passwords, etc ...)


I agree cdb is a nice solution, but I would love to see a comparison
with SQlite.

Replacing the cdb database every five minutes seems like it would
destroy the kernel's ability to cache data.

    Jeff