[Dovecot] Indexes.

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 02.12.2010 14:10, schrieb Henrique Fernandes:
> With recomendation settings do you have ?

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/SharedDisk

and a few more optimizes about maildir
> 
> how many clients ?

i started the server not long ago so they are less yet ( about 100
maildirs )
but i have my own account in it which has massive mails ( 10 GB store
with over 1000 mails daily in out , and perhaps 10000 mails in store)

> 
> sorry, i did not say i use dovecot 2.0.6

looks fine, update to 2.0.8 if ready


did you use the mail option at ocfs2 store creation ?

what os/distro do you use , i remember bugs with ocfs with some distro
versions

> 
> []'sf.rique
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Robert Schetterer
> <robert at schetterer.org <mailto:robert at schetterer.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Am 02.12.2010 13:13, schrieb Henrique Fernandes:
>     > Hello people!
>     >
>     > I have huge problems with IO wait becase dovecot configured to use
>     maildir
>     > is under OCFS2 1.4.  Now i have an question to OCFS2 each disk
>     action is
>     > really heavy becaue it has no index.
>     >
>     > Now i am thinking in what can be done to heltp my system  to use
>     less disk.
>     >
>     > Looking for index and etc in dovecot i found this,   this disables
>     the index
>     > file on disk and leave it on ram or it disable the index files ?
>     >
>     > If you really want to, you can also disable the index files
>     completely by
>     > appending :INDEX=MEMORY
>     >
>     >
>     > I am only trying to get dovecot to work faster. Right now we have
>     to waing
>     > some seconds to dovecot list all emails or read an email.
>     >
>     > I am also thinking in right index to an NFS but i don't know if
>     this makes
>     > any diferences in performance.
>     >
>     > Thanks to all!
>     >
>     > I use 3 servres wrinting on OCFS2  one is mailman, and other two
>     are to
>     > email, I have ipvs to load balance the conections.
>     >
>     >
>     > []'sf.rique
>     >
> 
>     hm , i have no problems with ocfs2 (1.4.3-1: amd64  ) on drbd ubuntu
>     lucid
>     using dovecot vers 2 recommended settings for cluster file systems
>     i have my index files in the maildir dir
> 
>     --
>     Best Regards
> 
>     MfG Robert Schetterer
> 
>     Germany/Munich/Bavaria
> 
> 


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Best Regards

MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria