[Dovecot] Re: unofficial Survey about your Dovecot server :) to compare with my own server setup...

[Roger Weeks]

I've posted this to the Wiki as requested.

Servers: 2 SuperMicro single-Xeon (dual-capable) 2.8, 1gb RAM,  
mirrored SATA boot
Storage: 1 SuperMicro dual-Zeon 2.8, 2gb RAM, 600GB RAID5 SATA shared  
via NFS over GigE
OS: RHEL 4
Users: 10,000 mostly POP users, SquirrelMail IMAP
Auth: MySQL
Maildir size: daily averages about 50gb
Dovecot version: 1.0 beta 5
Client Software: squirrelmail, outlook, outlook express, thunderbird,  
eudora, Apple Mail, Claris Emailer, and other odd clients too  
numerous to mention

This system is intentionally over-engineered, to replace the single  
server Courier-IMAP system that it replaced.  Load on each Dovecot/ 
SquirrelMail server is very low and allows for a lot of growth.

Our incoming MTA is Exim, on another pair of SuperMicro machines  
writing to the same NFS over GigE.

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Roger J. Weeks
Systems & Network Administrator
Mendocino Community Network