On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 23:32 +0200, Kenneth Kalmer wrote: > > >> * NFS server which is the same server that houses single Courier-IMAP > > >> installation (Gentoo, 3GB memory) > > >> * 2x Postfix instances delivering to NFS > > >> > > > > > > NFS may be problematic. Dovecot expects a perfectly working NFS setup, > > > which seems to be a bit rare to find. http://wiki.dovecot.org/NFS > > > > > > > Just for the record, dovecot will be access the mail directly on the > disks, > > it will be the LDA's on the postfix instances coming in over NFS. I'm > > reading the NFS again to make sure I understand the risks > > If the LDA is Dovecot deliver, it's the same problem since it also > updates index/control files that cause the problems. But if you're using > something else that does nothing but write the maildir files, then it's > fine. >
I'm looking to use the Dovecot LDA so the caches are updated and the filenames are correct, to get good POP3 performance. I'm looking forward to giving Dovecot a go, but I'll rig up a staging environment first. Thanks for the encouraging responses everyone. Best -- Kenneth Kalmer kenneth.kal...@gmail.com http://opensourcery.co.za @kennethkalmer
