hcache on tmpfs?

Dan Ritter dsr-mutt at randomstring.org
Fri Mar 31 14:02:17 UTC 2023


void wrote: 
> Hi mutts@
> 
> Mutt's config for $tmpdir points to a tmpfs here which is memory-backed
> and therefore v quick. The perms for this are set to 700.
> 
> I was wondering which hcache would be best in this use context. I'd like
> to point the hcache to this tmpdir. But I understand that kyotocabinet
> is memory-based already, so am unsure which to choose.

I don't know about "best", but I tried out putting hcache on a tmpfs,
and I can confirm that for large Maildirs (5000+) it makes a visible
difference even on an all SSD system.

-dsr-


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