On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:32:31 +0100 , "Petr Novotny" writes:
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> On 16 Mar 00, at 7:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > An NFS filesystem is relatively low overhead, compared
> > to "open connection to SQL database and INSERT,"
> > etc. I might have to write a custom RPC service
> > sometime, because I'm trying to move away from NFS
> > as much as possible.
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> Did you look into a rsync possibility then? Simply build the cdb (or
> some other file, or directory, or whatever you wish) on the POP
> box, and then rsync it onto the SMTP box...
That would work, if there were a single SMTP box.
Our configuration basically consists of multiple
combined pop and smtp servers backended to a NetApp.
In order to open the whole cluster to relaying, we
needed the change to propagate quickly to all others
in the cluster. Doing this with rsync would be
rather nasty, IMNSHO.
NFS filled the niche quite simply. The programs to
update and "query" the "database" were quick C
10-liners.
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| recipe upon the waters as well... -- Terry Lambert
