[Dovecot] SSD drives are really fast running Dovecot

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Jan 15, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Charles Marcus wrote:

> One thing we are looking at here (small 50+ userbase) is kind of a  
> 'best
> of both worlds' setup - using SSD's (haven't decided yet to trust a  
> bare
> striped set or go with a 4 drive RAID10 - probably the latter so I can
> sleep at night) for the main OS and a limited amount of storage space
> per user (maildir) for active/recent email, then use another namespace
> with a much higher quota - I'm thinking about 10GB per user should  
> do in
> our environment - for 'slow' storage (cheap mechanical RAID10 setup) -
> ie, emails that are only accessed on occasion (mdbox).
>
> Then, enforce a smallish per user quota (how much would depend on your
> particular environment, but I'm thinking something like 250 or maybe
> 500MB, since our users do get a lot of large attachments in the course
> of doing business) on their INBOX - & Sent, Drafts and Templates  
> folders
> too, but that's a question on my list of 'how to do' - how to easily
> place these 'special' folders on the 'fast' namespace, and all user
> created folders in the 'slow' namespace. It would be really nice if
> there were some kind of native way that dovecot could 'assign' the
> 'special' folders to the same namespace as the INBOX, and all other  
> user
> created folders to another...
>
> Doing this will also help train users in proper email management -
> treating their INBOX just like they would a physical INBOX tray on  
> their
> desk. They wouldn't just let paper pile up there, why do so in their
> INBOX (because they 'can')? Ie, it should be something they should
> always strive to keep totally EMPTY. Of course this practically never
> happens, but the point is, they need to learn to make a decision once
> they are finished with it, and most importantly, take said action -
> either delete it, or file it.

Sounds like a great idea. I work with media companies where quotas can  
be challenging.

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Brad