On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 10:33 +0100, Frank Bonnet wrote: > > dsync works for that too: > > > > 1. dsync backup all users somewhere > > 2. wait close to the time you can shut down dovecot > > 3. dsync backup all users the second time > > 4. shutdown dovecot and MTA > > 5. dsync backup once more (hopefully this will be relatively quick) > > > > The idea is that you can do incremental dsync backups. You'll of course > > need to do this in a way that you don't run out of disk space.. > > > > Well I have NFS access to a Netapp filer with a LOT of disk space > I need some modifications in my dovecot configuration to use NFS > I think ?
No need for any modifications. As long as you don't have multiple Dovecots in different servers accessing the same mails via NFS, there's no trouble. > mmap_disable = yes Looks like you also have this already enabled. This is recommended (not required) with NFS, but if you're not normally using NFS at all you shouldn't enable this.
