[Dovecot] Dovecot tuning for GFS2

[Alessio Cecchi]

Il 21/08/2013 13:57, Andrea gabellini - SC ha scritto:
> Hello,
>
> I'm deploing a new email cluster using Dovecot over GFS2. Actually I'm
> using courier over GFS.
>
> Actually I'm testing Dovecot with these parameters:
>
> mmap_disable = yes
> mail_fsync = always
> mail_nfs_storage = yes
> mail_nfs_index = yes
> lock_method = fcntl
>
> Are they correct?
>
> RedHat GFS support mmap, so is it better to enable it or leave it disabled?
> The documentation suggest the use of flock. What about it?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrea
>
>
>

Hi Andrea,

I'm running a cluster with Maildir over NFS (and in past over OCFS2), 
with GFS2 you need to use the same options needed for NFS:

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/NFS

I suggest mmap_disable set on yes

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