azzouz wrote: Replies on list, thanks. Quoting helps too.
> Tim Jackson wrote: >> azzouz wrote: >>> I want to centralise all data in a file serveur and want to have the >>> mail service (exim and imapd) in another one. >> This rather depends what your file server is, if it already exists. If >> it's a "black box" then it depends how it exports storage. > I have already a file serveur with HD SATA and 1 Gbit/s for the Nic card. yep, but what is it? An off-the-shelf box? A machine that you installed? > So if i anderstand in my case i have to use NFS. If that suits you. You can also use iSCSI. > are there other solution than NFS. I though something like systeme > syncronisation ?? Not sure what you mean. There are many ways of synchronising data, both live and offline and at both a file level (e.g. NFS) and block level (e.g. iSCSI). If you have a lot of CPU load, you could also have a "front end" machine running Exim that does virus/spam scanning etc. and run deliveries to a separate "back end" machine that handles IMAP. However, this isn't the normal of a "file server" as you described; normally, when people separate the storage from the applications, they want a "clean" separation i.e. the machine that does the storage doesn't run apps like IMAP, it just exports the storage via a mechanism such as NFS, iSCSI, CIFS/SMB etc. > what do you mean about : "maildir is OK IIRC" I mean that if my memory serves correctly, maildir storage can be successfully configured on top of NFS without file locking problems. Tim -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
