Thanks Stan
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Jaques Cochet put forth on 1/17/2011 12:18 AM:
>> If postfix alone is running on the server, let's say as a mail router
>> or backend delivey system, would postfix processes make use of all
>> cores? would I be left with cores d
Jaques Cochet put forth on 1/17/2011 12:18 AM:
> If postfix alone is running on the server, let's say as a mail router
> or backend delivey system, would postfix processes make use of all
> cores? would I be left with cores doing nothing even If I have an
> important number of emails to process?
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On 1/17/11 7:18 AM, Jaques Cochet wrote:
If postfix alone is running on the server, let's say as a mail router
or backend delivey system, would postfix processes make use of all
cores?
That's a loaded question, since "postfix" is not a process that consumes
CPU.
In one (1) postfix instance,
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 08:18:57AM +0200, Jaques Cochet wrote:
> If postfix alone is running on the server, let's say as a mail router
> or backend delivey system, would postfix processes make use of all
> cores? would I be left with cores doing nothing even If I have an
> important number of emai
If postfix alone is running on the server, let's say as a mail router
or backend delivey system, would postfix processes make use of all
cores? would I be left with cores doing nothing even If I have an
important number of emails to process?
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Victor Duchovni
wrote:
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 06:55:39AM +0200, Jaques Cochet wrote:
> Does increasing the number of cores on the same hardware platform add
> performance to a Postfix system or it is better to run several Postfix
> systems on different machines?
Yes, but only if the CPU is the bottleneck. Typically th
Hi
Does increasing the number of cores on the same hardware platform add
performance to a Postfix system or it is better to run several Postfix
systems on different machines? If the second choice is better, is it
logical to run Postfix on different VMs (using ESX for example),
let's say on somethi
