Re: [Dovecot] Zlib plugin - when does it make sense?

2013-11-25 Thread Jan-Frode Myklebust
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 02:47:33PM +0100, Frerich Raabe wrote: > > Interesting! What zlib compression level did you use? I figure even low > levels would work rather well for plain text. plugin { zlib_save_level = 6 # 1..9 zlib_save = gz # or bz2 }

Re: [Dovecot] Zlib plugin - when does it make sense?

2013-11-25 Thread Frerich Raabe
On 2013-11-25 14:35, Jan-Frode Myklebust wrote: On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 09:53:14AM +0100, Frerich Raabe wrote: I run a small IMAP server for a dozen guys in the office, serving about 55GB of Maildir. I recently became aware of the Zlib plugin ( http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Zlib ) and wonder

Re: [Dovecot] Zlib plugin - when does it make sense?

2013-11-25 Thread Jan-Frode Myklebust
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 09:53:14AM +0100, Frerich Raabe wrote: > > I run a small IMAP server for a dozen guys in the office, serving > about 55GB of Maildir. I recently became aware of the Zlib plugin ( > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Zlib ) and wondered > > 1. given that there is about zero C

Re: [Dovecot] Zlib plugin - when does it make sense?

2013-11-25 Thread René Neumann
Am 25.11.2013 14:12, schrieb Everton Foscarini: > I have a relatively big installation here in the university, 1 mail > server for 10.000 daily active accounts. > > I converted from maildir to mdbox + zlib in march, and these are my > considerations: > > 1. CPU is not a problem, even delivering m

Re: [Dovecot] Zlib plugin - when does it make sense?

2013-11-25 Thread Everton Foscarini
I have a relatively big installation here in the university, 1 mail server for 10.000 daily active accounts. I converted from maildir to mdbox + zlib in march, and these are my considerations: 1. CPU is not a problem, even delivering more than 400 messages per minute (blade HS21 with 2xQuad

[Dovecot] Zlib plugin - when does it make sense?

2013-11-25 Thread Frerich Raabe
Hi, I run a small IMAP server for a dozen guys in the office, serving about 55GB of Maildir. I recently became aware of the Zlib plugin ( http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Zlib ) and wondered 1. given that there is about zero CPU load on my IMAP server, is enabling the plugin a no-brainer or