I second that motion ! Just make sure that you are dumping only deliverd mail to an NFS mount. Keep the spools local. NFS + file locking don't mix.
I chose ext3 for it's reliablity over ReiserFS. But it is GREAT having a small farm of M$ filtering servers (spam / virii) on the front end. -Chad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Loftis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dan MacNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <debian-isp@lists.debian.org> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 11:22 AM Subject: Re: RaiserFS via NFS > You can not, and DO NOT put your mail spool on NFS. You *WILL* have *HELL* > to deal with. It WILL corrupt your users mail, it WILL lose mail. It will > NOT work. > > --On Saturday, April 17, 2004 12:51 -0400 Dan MacNeil > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've just converted from mbox to maildir > > > > Right now there are some users with 500 files in a directory, I expect > > this go grow. > > > > I expect this figure to grow. RaiserFS is looking good. > > > > The benefits of running a central storage server and a bunch of separate > > web/smtp/pop3/spamfiltering/ftp/ servers, one storage server running not > > much more than NFS all connected with a cheap Gigbit switch are also > > appealing to me. > > > > Is there any benefit to RaiserFS if I am accessing it via NFS ? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > Michael Loftis > Modwest Sr. Systems Administrator > Powerful, Affordable Web Hosting > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
