[Dovecot] Production server migration from mbox to maildir ( need advice )

[Frank Bonnet]

Seth Mattinen wrote:
> Frank Bonnet wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I'm going to change the raid array of my mailhub in fews days/weeks and I
>> wonder if it would be a good idea to take the opportunity of this migration
>> to also change the storage method from mailbox to maildir.
>>
>> I've never used maildir on my production server only on small satellites.
>>
>> So I really need advice of admins that use maildir format on prod servers.
>>
>> My server has approx 3500 users/mailboxes that is approx 450 Gb of data.
>>
>> The OS is Debian etch amd64 but could change also during the migration
>> Opensuse X86_64, CAOS-NSA, FreeBSD 64 are some options.
>>
>> Any infos/experiences welcome, I'll summarize answers.
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
> 
> 
> I use Debian amd64 with maildir. It works. Nothing really to say about
> it. It's never given me any trouble and nobody ever complains about
> performance. Easy to restore specific messages from backups when
> customers accidentally delete messages.
> 
> ~Seth

Thank you Seth :-)