[Dovecot] DoveCot compression to save HDD space

[Host Expert]

Hello,

Didn't checked by some reasons:
1. I don't have a "billion's" budget for Solaris
2. I think are much easier to find dedicated servers for other OS than 
Solaris. Since i am not from USA and target is USA.

Cristian
>
> Hello,
>
> Have you checked out ZFS in Solaris?
>
> It has compression in the filesystem; may be a good candidate for your 
> mail directories.
>
> Cheers.
>
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Host Expert wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am thinking on RAID1 and also on compression... To maximise number 
>> of users.
>>
>> Cristian
>>> Compression will save you storage space, but will cost you CPU 
>>> processing power.
>>> If you have many users, you may want to trow a cheap raid1 in your 
>>> server
>>> before upgrading your CPU to expensive a quad-core
>>>
>>> But is a nice idea for a small workgroup server
>>>
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>> Host Expert wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering if there are any possibilities to save HDD space 
>>>> used by emails by compressing content (not just attachements).
>>>>
>>>> It would be many 1000s email boxes and probably each using lot of 
>>>> space so would be easier if we can just compress emails somehow.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Cristian
>>>
>>
>>
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