From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Stone
>> Nope, you can't make that assumption. The reason is that IMAP >> supports multiple simultaneous writers. If the mailbox changes out >> from underneath you then you need to realize that and recompute >> things. Right now we're recomputing things every time so this hasn't >> been an issue. >Global variables, as I alluded to, and shared memory, as you mentioned, >do not replicate. It's entirely possible that the database changed not >just under the noses of the processes on this machine, but on other >machines, too! Memcached will replicate over multiple machines, albeit separately from any existing database replication systems. May be worth a look, hitting the memory cache will be far faster than hitting the database numerous times. "memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load." http://www.danga.com/memcached/ My 2cents S
