Re: [Dovecot] Hints for a NFS-Setup

4 Apr 2012


      Timo Sirainen schrieb:
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On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 21:37 +0200, Patrick Westenberg wrote:
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MTA --(lmtp)--\               /--(lmtp)-->  backend1 --

-- director --                         -- NFS
MTA --(lmtp)--/               \--(lmtp)-->  backend2 --/
IMAP-User -->  frontend1 --\              /--(imap)-->  backend1 --

-- director --                         -- NFS
IMAP-User -->  frontend2 --/              \--(imap)-->  backend2 --/
The director above must be the same one for both IMAP and MTA.
I know and it is meant to be the same in this drawing.
However, in this scenario the director is a single point of failure.
What would be the best way to get loadbalancing and high-availability?
Patrick