On 20 Mar 2019, at 23:33, Rodolfo Gonzalez via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > AWS released one month ago a EFS system with administered life cycle, which > means that files not accessed in the last 30 days are moved to a lower cost > storage tier. Currently I hold my e-mail, delivered to Maildir++ folders by > postfix and retrieved with Dovecot, in standard EBS volumes. This has the > disadvantage that I need to allocate more than enough space to ensure that > the volume won't get filled too soon. And this costs. Changing to standard > EFS wasn't an option, since it's way more expensive than EBS. But, with the > new system, costs are lower. > > I just have a doubt in the technical side: is it safe to have the email in > EFS? I've read experiences about storing in S3 and using a driver to mount > the bucket, and it seems that it's not a very good option. But EFS works like > NFS4. Does anyone have experience mounting an EFS to store maildirs?
Are you storing mail directly into AWS? I think I would not do that. I would store my Archive mailbox online, but my live mail? That seems like a bit too much. -- 'I knew the two of you would get along like a house on fire.' Screams, flames, people running for safety...
