On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 at 20:40, Michael Slusarz via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > On 07/18/2023 9:00 AM MDT Gerald Galster <list+dove...@gcore.biz> wrote: > > > > While I understand it takes effort to maintain the replication plugin, this > > is especially problematic for small active/active high-availability > > deployments. > > To clarify: replication absolutely does not provide "active/active". > Replication was meant to copy data to a standby server, but you can't have > concurrent mailbox access. This is why directors existed. > > > > I guess there are lots of servers that use replication for just 50 or 100 > > mailboxes. Cloudstorage (like S3) would be overkill for these. > > > > Do you provide dovecot pro subscriptions for such small deployments? > > A 50-100 mailbox user server will run Dovecot CE just fine. Pro would be > overkill. > > All current Dovecot development assumes that storage is decoupled from the > system. Shared (as in network available) storage is what you need if you > want high availability, whether in Pro or CE.
That seems like an extraordinary callous and short-sighted decision, but nevertheless does give some technical weight to your earlier statement. Regards Simon _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
