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<body><div>Is it possible to setup the following:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Primary mailserver with SMTP solutions and Dovecot.</div><div>2. Primary server will store recent mails.</div><div>3. Secondary server for archival storage and Solr.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I'm not looking for a distributed cluster - simply a splitting of designated functions. Clients would only be connecting to the primary server. I know Dovecot supports an alternate storage location - that's what made me think this was possible. What I'm more uncertain of is Solr.</div><div><br /></div><div>My (probably flawed) thinking is to take advantage of a low-cost high-availability cloud server to provide primary email services. Dovecot, Postfix, and even ASSP don't have significant memory or processor requirements by themselves - especially for my smaller user base. However - storage in the cloud can be at a premium. Therefore I'm thinking of continuing to self-host the archives. And my own server has the raw power & memory to handle Solr easily. What's triggering this is our ISP's quality has been deteriorating - and the alternates don't appear much better.</div><div><br /></div><div>Initial visualization would have a VPN/SSH connection between the servers, and NFS mounting my storage to the cloud server for archives. If our connection drops - in theory "current" mail handling is unaffected.</div><div><br /></div><div>My concerns/questions:</div><div>1. If Dovecot is unable to reach the remote Solr - upon re-connection will Solr be told about the new messages to index? Or do I need to setup a periodic re-scan?</div>
<div>2. Is there a "better" method of accessing the archive storage area than NFS? Either a different network file system or is there a way to do it with Dovecot directly?</div><div>3. What am I not taking into consideration in this setup that you think will be a problem?</div><div><br /></div><div id="signature_old">---<br />Daniel</div>
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