Dovecot stats plugin and mailbox format choice: which metrics justify moving from Maildir to mdbox?
Goal I want to use Dovecot's built-in statistics support (the stats plugin queried via doveadm) to measure an IMAP performance bottleneck before changing anything, and then use those measurements to decide whether our mailbox format should stay Maildir or move to mdbox. Assume Dovecot 2.3.x on a single host with local storage. Constraints and uncertainty The