> What's the problem with the database engine? There's been a massive > amount of engineering work in that space - I don't expect it's going anywhere.
Yeah, and much needed work. I'm part of that group surprised they didn't move to from ESE to SQL finally in Exch 10. They spend so much time tweaking each engine, I am surprised that they don't combine their efforts. The things that ESE can finally do, SQL could do ages ago. Also, IMO, if Exch was built on SQL, it would prove to their customer their faith in it's own SQL product to handle a DB intensive app like Exchange. Sam -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 9:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mail server software Hmm - do you use a DBMS (like SQL Server or Oracle) as well? Most of those are binary blobs. Or do you prefer a DBMS that stores records in single files on the disk? Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 18 August 2009 1:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mail server software On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Brian Desmond<br...@briandesmond.com> wrote: > What's the problem with the database engine? There's been a massive > amount of engineering work in that space - I don't expect it's going anywhere. I can't speak for the OP... but the fact that the Exchange IS is a giant binary blob, completely opaque for the most part, requiring special tools to work with it, has always made me somewhat uncomfortable. I worked with a Cyrus mail system once that was really sweet. It could handle many more users on much smaller hardware vs Exchange at the time, and all the mail was still stored in plain text files (one per message). You could analyze the message store with the "more" command if you had to. I don't think we ever had to, but it was nice to know you had the option. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
