> > I know, there is enough written on the net and on the mailinglist too, but > > have found only old results, maybe the meanwhile something is different, > > also I would ask you... > > Which filesystem do you use on your mailserver? > > I'm going to migrate a mailserver with EXT3 (and qmail) to a new postfix > > mailserver (virtual domains on mysql, ...). > > I would create the system on EXT3 (RHES) and the following partitions on > > rieserfs: > I would never use reiserfs for anything except our disposable Squid > Cache. Stay with ext3, it works.
Ditto. Unless your mail volume is pretty extreme it is hard to believe you'll see performance difference of filesystems; if your I/O is slow your disk / controller are a much more source of the problem.
