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Ingo Thierack

2009-Sep-07 08:29 UTC

[Dovecot] high imap load on large folders

Hello,

i sync with imapsync from an archiopteryx-server to an dovecot-server, for
testing until now.
The dovecot is inside an VM. storage for mail is on an nfs-share, indexes
are local.
What i now see, is, on large folder( 58000 messages and more) the load 
on the imap-process
is very high, and slowdown the transferprocess.
Is there something, I can do. Whats cause the high load ind the 
imap-process.

Here are the configuration, and below, a partial strace

# 1.2.4: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.3 (Final) nfs
base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/
ssl_cert_file: /opt/dovecot/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key_file: /opt/dovecot/etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable: /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
mail_max_userip_connections: 50
mail_location: maildir:/mnt/mail/%u/Maildir:INDEX=/var/spool/indexes/%u
mailbox_idle_check_interval: 5
fsync_disable: yes
mail_nfs_storage: yes
lda:
  postmaster_address: postmaster at ghostdive.org
  hostname: mail.ghostdive.org
  mail_plugins: sieve
  mail_plugin_dir: /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/lda
  sendmail_path: /opt/postfix26/sbin/sendmail
auth default:
  verbose: yes
  debug: yes
  debug_passwords: yes
  passdb:
    driver: sql
    args: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql.conf
  userdb:
    driver: passwd
  userdb:
    driver: sql
    args: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql.conf
  socket:
    type: listen
    master:
      path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
      mode: 384
      user: mailaccess
      group: mailaccess
------------------------------
strace output


close(7)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7255000, 2101248)             = 0
munmap(0xb7c73000, 1052672)             = 0
munmap(0xb7d74000, 528384)              = 0
brk(0x84c1000)                          = 0x84c1000
time(NULL)                              = 1252311837
stat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, 
st_size=3526656, ...}) = 0
pwrite64(8, 
"\0\0\0\0@\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\200\200\200\214"...,
92, 32720) = 92
pwrite64(8, "\200\200\200\207", 4, 32720) = 4
fstat64(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=32812, ...}) = 0
pread64(8, 
"\200\200\200\207@\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\200\200\200\214"...,
1024, 32720) = 92
pread64(8, "", 1024, 32812)             = 0
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=451180, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(9, F_SETLK64, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb084c8) = 0
pread64(9, 
"\7\2x\0\320\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\22o\240J\0\0\0\0k\201\237J\316\222\0\0"...,
120, 0) = 120
pwrite64(9, 
"$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\7\0maildir\0\35\303\244J\22o\240J"...,
88,
120) = 88
pwrite64(9, 
"\316\222\0\0\10\0\0\0H\2064\0\317\222\0\0\10\0\0\0\234\2064\0\320\222\0\0\10\0\0\0"...,
1032, 451180) = 1032
pwrite64(9, 
"\7\2x\0\320\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\22o\240J\0\0\0\0k\201\237J$\223\0\0"...,
120, 0) = 120
fcntl64(9, F_SETLK64, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb08518) = 0
fstat64(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=32812, ...}) = 0
umask(066)                              = 077
time(NULL)                              = 1252311837
lstat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log.newlock",
0xbfb081c0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log.newlock", 
O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 7
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
umask(077)                              = 066
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=32812, ...}) = 0
write(7, 
"\1\2(\0\22o\240J\226\1\0\0\225\1\0\0,\200\0\0\26\303\244J\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
40) = 40
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=40, ...}) = 0
alarm(180)                              = 0
fcntl64(7, F_SETLKW64, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb08388) = 0
alarm(0)                                = 180
unlink("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log.2") = 0
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=32812, ...}) = 0
link("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log", 
"/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log.2") = 0
rename("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log.newlock",
"/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log") = 0
fcntl64(8, F_SETLK64, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb08498) = 0
fcntl64(7, F_SETLK64, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb08658) = 0
alarm(180)                              = 0
fcntl64(7, F_SETLKW64, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb085b8) = 0
alarm(0)                                = 180
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=40, ...}) = 0
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=40, ...}) = 0
pread64(7, "", 1024, 40)                = 0
fstat64(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=32812, ...}) = 0
time(NULL)                              = 1252311837
stat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, 
st_size=3526656, ...}) = 0
rename("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/tmp/1252311830.M363574P30566.devel5.ghostdive.org",
"/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/cur/12523
11830.M363574P30566.devel5.ghostdive.org,W=5448:2,S") = 0
brk(0x8501000)                          = 0x8501000
_llseek(12, 0, [2365285], SEEK_END)     = 0
_llseek(12, 0, [2365285], SEEK_CUR)     = 0
fstat64(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=2365285, ...}) = 0
write(12, "37668 :1252311830.M363574P30566."..., 64) = 64
fstat64(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=2365349, ...}) = 0
pwrite64(7, 
"\0\0\0\0@\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\200\200\200\214"...,
92, 40) = 92
pwrite64(7, "\200\200\200\207", 4, 40)  = 4
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=132, ...}) = 0
pread64(7, 
"\200\200\200\207@\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\200\200\200\214"...,
1024, 40) = 92
pread64(7, "", 1024, 132)               = 0
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=452212, ...}) = 0
umask(0)                                = 077
open("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.tmp", 
O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0600) = 10
umask(077)                              = 0
fstat64(10, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
write(10, 
"\7\2x\0\320\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\22o\240J\0\0\0\0k\201\237J$\223\0\0"...,
208) = 208
write(10, 
"\1\0\0\0\10\0\0\0,\366\7\0\2\0\0\0\10\0\0\0<\366\7\0\3\0\0\0\10\0\0\0"...,
452004) = 452004
close(10)                               = 0
rename("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.tmp", 
"/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index") = 0
fcntl64(7, F_SETLK64, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb08728) = 0
alarm(10)                               = 0
fcntl64(6, F_SETLKW64, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb08668) = 0
alarm(0)                                = 10
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=3794944, ...}) = 0
pwrite64(6,
"\0\0\0\0\\\0\0\0\f\0\0\0D\0\0\0,\0\0\0\0\0\0\0Message-"...,
92, 3449984) = 92
pwrite64(6, 
"\1\10\0\0\22o\240J{\266\240J\252\30\0\0\0\0\0\0\334\2444\0\0\0\0\0\200\200\200\210",
32, 0) = 32
fcntl64(6, F_SETLK64, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb086e8) = 0
stat64("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2309, ...}) =
0
alarm(180)                              = 0
fcntl64(7, F_SETLKW64, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb085f8) = 0
alarm(0)                                = 180
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=132, ...}) = 0
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=132, ...}) = 0
pwrite64(7, 
"\0\0\0\0@\0\0\20\1\0\0\0{\266\240J\0\0\0\0\4\0\4\0\1\0\0\0\200\200\200\204"...,
104, 132) = 104
pwrite64(7, "\200\200\200\207", 4, 132) = 4
fcntl64(7, F_SETLK64, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb08668) = 0
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=236, ...}) = 0
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=236, ...}) = 0
pread64(7, 
"\200\200\200\207@\0\0\20\1\0\0\0{\266\240J\0\0\0\0\4\0\4\0\1\0\0\0\200\200\200\204"...,
1024, 132) = 104
pread64(7, "", 1024, 236)               = 0
lstat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot-uidlist.lock", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=26, ...}) = 0
unlink("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot-uidlist.lock") = 0
epoll_ctl(5, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, 0, {0, {u32=136644264, u64=136644264}}) = 0
epoll_ctl(5, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, 0, {EPOLLIN|EPOLLPRI|EPOLLERR|EPOLLHUP, 
{u32=136644264, u64=136644264}}) = 0
stat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/new", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, 
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, 
st_size=3526656, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=236, ...}) = 0
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=236, ...}) = 0
time(NULL)                              = 1252311837
umask(0177)                             = 077
time(NULL)                              = 1252311837
lstat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot-uidlist.lock", 
0xbfb08530) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot-uidlist.lock", 
O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 10
write(10, "30566:devel5.ghostdive.org", 26) = 26
fstat64(10, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=26, ...}) = 0
close(10)                               = 0
lstat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot-uidlist.lock", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=26, ...}) = 0
umask(077)                              = 0177
stat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, 
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
chown32("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev", 20000, -1) = 0
open("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot-uidlist", 
O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 10
close(10)                               = 0
stat64("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot-uidlist", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=2365349, ...}) = 0
fstat64(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=2365349, ...}) = 0
alarm(180)                              = 0
fcntl64(7, F_SETLKW64, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 
0xbfb085d8) = 0
alarm(0)                                = 180
stat64("/var/spool/indexes/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/dovecot.index.log", 
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=236, ...}) = 0
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=236, ...}) = 0
open("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/new", 
O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 10
fstat64(10, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)        = 0
fstat64(10, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
time(NULL)                              = 1252311837
getdents64(10, /* 2 entries */, 4096)   = 48
getdents64(10, /* 0 entries */, 4096)   = 0
close(10)                               = 0
open("/mnt/mail/mail/ingoiwt/.wx-dev/cur", 
O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 10
fstat64(10, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=3526656, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)        = 0
fstat64(10, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=3526656, ...}) = 0
time(NULL)                              = 1252311837
getdents64(10, /* 52 entries */, 4096)  = 4048
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
brk(0x8541000)                          = 0x8541000
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4072
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
mmap2(NULL, 528384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 
0) = 0xb7d74000
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4072
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4072
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
time(NULL)                              = 1252311840
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4072
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4072
getdents64(10, /* 51 entries */, 4096)  = 4080

Timo Sirainen

2009-Sep-09 20:37 UTC

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[Dovecot] high imap load on large folders

On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 10:29 +0200, Ingo Thierack wrote:> What i now see, is, on large folder( 58000 messages and more) the load 
> on the imap-process
> is very high, and slowdown the transferprocess.
> Is there something, I can do. Whats cause the high load ind the 
> imap-process.
Is it actually the user CPU load or system CPU load? I'd think most of
the time is spent on moving the new message to cur/ directory where
there are the 58k messages.
> mail_nfs_storage: yes
Disable this during the sync, it'll add delays. And if you don't have
more than one NFS client accessing the same mailbox at the same time,
you don't need it anyway.

Also see if maildir_very_dirty_syncs=yes helps.
> strace output
strace -tt would have been better, it would have shown timestamps then
too. But it didn't look like it did anything unexpected.
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