On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:16:05AM -0800, J C Lawrence wrote: > On 17 Jan 2002 07:06:37 +0100 > eim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was thinking about a partition for /, one for boot, one for > > /var/spool/mail and some other important system parts. > > MTAs are inherently disk IO bound. As such, if possible devote a > spindle to /var/spool/mail and do what you can to reduce other > system IO (eg turn of syslog fsync()). If you can't do that (and it > sounds like you can't), then use the appropriate RAID types.
I suggest making a separate /var/spool/exim or /var/spool/postfix for queued, bounced, frozens,... messages. -- Easter-eggs Spécialiste GNU/Linux 44-46 rue de l'Ouest - 75014 Paris - France - Métro Gaité Phone: +33 (0) 1 43 35 00 37 - Fax: +33 (0) 1 41 35 00 76 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.easter-eggs.com
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