[Imap-uw] Mix filesize

[Dan Pritts]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 06:32:24PM -0700, nlin wrote:
> 
> We defined our MIXDATAROLL to be 20MB and it converts correctly using 
> mixcvt.  We're running 2006h.
> 
> As for what size, it's purely guessing on my end.  I think it really 
> depends on how your users manage their INBOXes, the size of their mailboxes 
> in general, and how you do backup. I started out w/ 10MB.  But looking at 
>  some of our biggest users (1GB inboxes), it seemed that most of the .mix 
> files get touched each day, or at least several files.  Given the large 
> number of files with a 10MB dataroll, I up'ed it to 20MB instead.  Haven't 
> had time to look at it again to see if I need to up it a 3rd time....
> 

i'm confused - if most of your 10M files are getting touched every
day, why didn't you DECREASE the size?  Presuming your goal is to 
not back up all the files every night.

danno