On 11/01/2012 11:49 AM, mancyb...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All, first post here, nice to meet you :)
I've been using postfix and dovecot for years but always with few users.
Now i must build a server for 1500 users,
they will use various email software (thunderbird, outlook, ..)
the webmail (i'm not sure if squirrelmail or roundcube)
and blackberry devices (with the BIS service).
There will be around 1000 domains (virtual_domains) and postfix will read its
users and domains from mysql.
I already have the hardware, it is a server with 4 physical cpu (Intel Xeon
E5504 @ 2.00GHz) and 24 gb of ram,
do you think it is enough ?
Usually postfix would not be the bottleneck for any mail server. You
need to size for dovecot in your case.
And sizing would be impossible unless you know how many mails / hr or
concurrent imap / pop connections you are going to get.
Please size your dovecot server accordingly. The disk i/o will also be
very important when you size dovecot.
Thank
Ram
PS: 1500 users with 1000 domains means hardly 2 users per domain ..
Are these right numbers ?
