IMAP debate/thread-that-wouldn't-die

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, at 9:02pm, bscott at ntisys.com wrote:
> And, if /tmp is large enough, and /tmp is also on a separate physical disk
> from the mailbox, it would be a performance win.

  Err, maybe it wouldn't.  You'd still be doing a read-and-write, and then
another read-and-write, as opposed to one read-and-write.  Granted, the two
would be done using different devices, but I don't know if that would really
matter much.

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Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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