[Dovecot] Read-only FS
Hi all,
Imagine an NFS mounted read-only file system containing directories full of plain mboxes. Any recommendations on how to approach the access with dovecot?
I believe all NFS recommended options apply, how about index/cache files though? Can I switch them off deliberately for good? Performance degradation is not an issue.
Thanks, R.
Radomir Zoltowski <Radomir.Zoltowski@s3group.com> Applications Engineer Silicon & Software Systems Ltd., IT Department South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, IRELAND Tel.: +353 1 291 1224, Fax: +353 1 291 1001
The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and is designated solely for the attention of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part thereof. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all copies of this e-mail from your computer system(s). Please direct any additional queries to: communications@s3group.com. Thank You. Silicon and Software Systems Limited. Registered in Ireland no. 378073. Registered Office: South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18
On Sep 1, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Radomir Zoltowski wrote:
Imagine an NFS mounted read-only file system containing directories
full of plain mboxes. Any recommendations on how to approach the
access with dovecot?I believe all NFS recommended options apply, how about index/cache
files though? Can I switch them off deliberately for good?
Performance degradation is not an issue.
Sure you can disable them, but if you're going to be using IMAP
clients to access them the UIDVALIDITY values will change all the time
which will cause clients to download the messages (or headers at
least) again every time a mailbox is selected.
You could also store the index files on local disks and preserve
UIDVALIDITY.
Would you recommend a set of reasonable settings for this? I kind of struggle to put these together...
R.
Timo Sirainen wrote:
On Sep 1, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Radomir Zoltowski wrote:
Imagine an NFS mounted read-only file system containing directories full of plain mboxes. Any recommendations on how to approach the access with dovecot?
I believe all NFS recommended options apply, how about index/cache files though? Can I switch them off deliberately for good? Performance degradation is not an issue.
Sure you can disable them, but if you're going to be using IMAP clients to access them the UIDVALIDITY values will change all the time which will cause clients to download the messages (or headers at least) again every time a mailbox is selected.
You could also store the index files on local disks and preserve UIDVALIDITY.
--
Radomir Zoltowski <Radomir.Zoltowski@s3group.com> Applications Engineer Silicon & Software Systems Ltd., IT Department South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, IRELAND Tel.: +353 1 291 1224, Fax: +353 1 291 1001
The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and is designated solely for the attention of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part thereof. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all copies of this e-mail from your computer system(s). Please direct any additional queries to: communications@s3group.com. Thank You. Silicon and Software Systems Limited. Registered in Ireland no. 378073. Registered Office: South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18
participants (2)
-
Radomir Zoltowski
-
Timo Sirainen