[Dovecot] Better to use a single large storage server or multiple smaller for mdbox?

Stan Hoeppner stan at hardwarefreak.com
Thu Apr 12 01:46:44 EEST 2012


On 4/10/2012 5:22 AM, Adrian Minta wrote:
> On 04/10/12 08:00, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> Interestingly, I designed a COTS server back in January to handle at
>> least 5k concurrent IMAP users, using best of breed components. If you
>> or someone there has the necessary hardware skills, you could assemble
>> this system and simply use it for NFS instead of Dovecot. The parts
>> list:
>> secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=17069985 
> 
> Don't forget the Battery Backup Unit for RAID card  !!!

Heh, thanks for the reminder Adrian. :)

I got to your email a little late--already corrected the omission.  Yes,
battery or flash backup for the RAID cache is always a necessity when
doing write-back caching.

-- 
Stan




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