On 3/12/23 01:21, Bill Cole via Postfix-users wrote: > On 2023-03-12 at 00:03:32 UTC-0500 (Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:03:32 -0500) > Phil Stracchino via Postfix-users <ph...@caerllewys.net> > is rumored to have said: > >> On 3/11/23 19:04, pyh--- via Postfix-users wrote: >>> Hello list, >>> >>> Is it possible to use an object storage system (like aws's S3) to >>> store >>> message files? if this can be implemented we may have a more >>> persistent >>> storage for email. AFAIK aws's S3 has three replicas for each file in >>> their system by default. >> >> >> S3 really isn't intended to be used that way. I'm not sure how you'd >> make that work and it would probably be a bad idea. > > Agreed. > > As far as Postfix specifically is concerned (i.e. the queues) S3 would > be a performance disaster.
Is this because Postfix is designed assuming that queue access has low latency, and therefore does not try to hide the latency with asynchronous operations and batching? -- Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers) _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
