Dear bests
I would like to know if you think that taskset tool can help me about my needs : http://linux.die.net/man/1/taskset Do you think that doing taskset -c 1 postmulti -i postfix-[instance] -p start will do the trick I'm afraid that only postmulti will set to processor 1 but will not send it's cpu settings to master best regards Le jeudi 23 décembre 2010 à 22:29 +0100, David Touzeau a écrit : > With multiple postfix instance, you can easily separate set of > configurations but keep some processes eg filters commonly. > > This Postfix technology is very helpful for ISP/ASP mode. > So if you define that each instance using different domains and > different behaviors (eg mass mailing for one outgoing mail for other...) > you did not need that one instance take all cpu it needs against other > instances. > That why i ask this question. > > Many thanks all, il will try to find if Linux Ubuntu/Debian accept a way > to bind a process (with all its child processes) to a specific CPU. > > > Le jeudi 23 décembre 2010 à 15:17 -0500, Victor Duchovni a écrit : > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 08:58:31PM +0100, David Touzeau wrote: > > > > > I have a server with 8 processors. > > > I would like to create 8 postfix instances and each instance use a > > > dedicated processor. > > > > > > Is it possible to do that ? > > > > Let your O/S do the scheduling. Locking down each instance of Postfix > > to a given CPU is almost certainly counter-productive. > > > >