Zimbra+350k Messages = Slow
I've had a few days of experience with Zimbra. It's not all roses.
First off, I made a small mistake. I imported all of my mail, including old Bayesian filtering training messages from years ago. Ultimately I ended up with 350,000 messages in my INBOX. While Cyrus isn't exactly fast in such a situation, Zimbra is a complete dog. Not just any dog, a dog that's road kill. A dog that's so large and dead, you'll think it's a buffalo. Do you have 1GB of RAM? That's enough to run about 25% of Zimbra. Get 4GB and be happy. Double that to be even happier. I had to steal a server with 4GB of RAM at work. If I can't work out a deal with The Boss, then I guess I'm switching back to Cyrus. Sad, but I need working mail more than a pretty web interface.
