do you have any clue? about what is the propper File System for mail storage server (by performance). Ext3, Ext2, ReiserFS, etc etc.
On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 10:59, Adam Aube wrote: > Mariano Wahlmann wrote: > > > I need some help, on designing a mail server solution (structure) > > > I have two proposal: > > > > 1- One big expensive server with 1 SCSI disk, two processors. > > 2- Several cheaps servers, dividing mailboxes across servers. > > I would say go with (2). This system would have 3 parts: > > 1) Mail store server - mail store is in maildir format and shared using NFS > 2) POP/IMAP server > 3) SMTP server - also provides spam/virus filtering > > Distributes the load, limits effects of a failure, and scales well. Just > make sure the mail store has some redundancy - either use one server with > redundant disks, or two servers in a cluster using drdb or some other live > replication tool. > > Adam -- _________________________________________________ Mariano Agustín Wahlmann Administrador de Red Facultad de Agronomía - Buenos Aires - Argentina Te.: (+54 11) 4524-8000 int.8108 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.agro.uba.ar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
