From bcfd3e6afd7fff1a0e33e70a7c3151236c4f4a85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Hudson-Doyle Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:49:01 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Re: How much is not much? --- f6/6124bb9da1e48a90b1cf92959379fe31c87b02 | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 f6/6124bb9da1e48a90b1cf92959379fe31c87b02 diff --git a/f6/6124bb9da1e48a90b1cf92959379fe31c87b02 b/f6/6124bb9da1e48a90b1cf92959379fe31c87b02 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f01b6fc55 --- /dev/null +++ b/f6/6124bb9da1e48a90b1cf92959379fe31c87b02 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC82431FBD + for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:49:57 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -2.3 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id UqEPONvs7szO for ; + Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:49:49 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from youngberry.canonical.com (youngberry.canonical.com + [91.189.89.112]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8445431FBC + for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:49:49 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from [118.149.201.199] (helo=narsil) + by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtpsa + (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) + (envelope-from ) + id 1WeWxH-0000iw-2q; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:49:47 +0000 +Received: by narsil (Postfix, from userid 1000) + id 1C796525C26; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:49:01 +1200 (NZST) +From: Michael Hudson-Doyle +To: James Cloos , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: How much is not much? +In-Reply-To: +References: +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.50.2 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:49:01 +1200 +Message-ID: <87ha5eo33m.fsf@canonical.com> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:49:57 -0000 + +James Cloos writes: + +> The last time I tried to run notmuch new on my incoming archive it +> crashed the box. +> +> But back then the archive was on an external drive, several usb-storage +> and general usb bugs have been fixed since then, and my dives are all +> internal now. +> +> So it is time for another try. +> +> But first, how much ram and disk should I expect to need, as a function +> of the size of the maildir archive? +> +> (It is a tree of dirs, with maildir dirs at the leaves. OTOH 20+ M +> messages and just under 256 Go, base on du(1).) +> +> Trying to avoid data loss due to crashes... + +I can't answer to memory, but as a rule of thumb the notmuch database +seems to be around the same size as the mail it indexes. I think by any +measure you have quite a lot of mail :-) + +Cheers, +mwh -- 2.26.2