I justread through all the hcoop-sysadmin archives as well as linked wiki pages and I noticed a question about quotas on mailman lists.
I believe it is possible to store mailman data directly in AFS. I posted to openafs-info for more information on this, but I belive that openafs.org is already hosting mailman lists in AFS as per the volume list on there servers: [EMAIL PROTECTED] C:\>vos listvol GRAND-OPENING.MIT.EDU -no Total number of volumes on server GRAND-OPENING.MIT.EDU partition /vicepa: 303 a.mailman 536871082 RW 1693 K On-line a.mailman.backup 536871084 BK 1698 K On-line a.mailman.readonly 536871083 RO 1754 K On-line [snip] a.mb.openafs-announce 536870966 RW 845 K On-line a.mb.openafs-announce.backup 536870968 BK 845 K On-line a.mb.openafs-announce.readonly 536870967 RO 591 K On-line a.mb.openafs-celladm 536871050 RW 75 K On-line a.mb.openafs-celladm.backup 536871052 BK 75 K On-line a.mb.openafs-celladm.readonly 536871051 RO 75 K On-line a.mb.openafs-cvs 536870972 RW 33995 K On-line a.mb.openafs-cvs.backup 536870974 BK 33988 K On-line a.mb.openafs-cvs.readonly 536870973 RO 24330 K On-line a.mb.openafs-devel 536870978 RW 48859 K On-line a.mb.openafs-devel.backup 536870980 BK 48856 K On-line a.mb.openafs-devel.readonly 536870979 RO 43133 K On-line a.mb.openafs-doc 536871288 RW 510 K On-line a.mb.openafs-doc.backup 536871290 BK 510 K On-line a.mb.openafs-doc.readonly 536871289 RO 504 K On-line a.mb.openafs-elders 536870984 RW 8570 K On-line a.mb.openafs-elders.backup 536870986 BK 8570 K On-line a.mb.openafs-elders.readonly 536870985 RO 4989 K On-line a.mb.openafs-gk 536871044 RW 14140 K On-line a.mb.openafs-gk.backup 536871046 BK 14090 K On-line a.mb.openafs-gk.readonly 536871045 RO 6381 K On-line a.mb.openafs-info 536870990 RW 96735 K On-line a.mb.openafs-info.backup 536870992 BK 96707 K On-line a.mb.openafs-info.readonly 536870991 RO 79866 K On-line a.mb.openafs-listmgr 536870996 RW 2 K On-line a.mb.openafs-listmgr.backup 536870998 BK 2 K On-line a.mb.openafs-listmgr.readonly 536870997 RO 2 K On-line a.mb.openafs-testers 536871002 RW 589 K On-line a.mb.openafs-testers.backup 536871004 BK 589 K On-line a.mb.openafs-testers.readonly 536871003 RO 589 K On-line a.mb.openafs-w32-devel 536871291 RW 3322 K On-line a.mb.openafs-w32-devel.backup 536871293 BK 3322 K On-line a.mb.openafs-w32-devel.readonly 536871292 RO 2989 K On-line [snip] a.ml.openafs-announce 536870963 RW 2717 K On-line a.ml.openafs-announce.backup 536870965 BK 2717 K On-line a.ml.openafs-announce.readonly 536870964 RO 1959 K On-line a.ml.openafs-celladm 536871047 RW 330 K On-line a.ml.openafs-celladm.backup 536871049 BK 330 K On-line a.ml.openafs-celladm.readonly 536871048 RO 330 K On-line a.ml.openafs-cvs 536870969 RW 121125 K On-line a.ml.openafs-cvs.backup 536870971 BK 121103 K On-line a.ml.openafs-cvs.readonly 536870970 RO 94143 K On-line a.ml.openafs-devel 536870975 RW 206546 K On-line a.ml.openafs-devel.backup 536870977 BK 206539 K On-line a.ml.openafs-devel.readonly 536870976 RO 189868 K On-line a.ml.openafs-doc 536871285 RW 1580 K On-line a.ml.openafs-doc.backup 536871287 BK 1580 K On-line a.ml.openafs-doc.readonly 536871286 RO 1548 K On-line a.ml.openafs-elders 536870981 RW 29855 K On-line a.ml.openafs-elders.backup 536870983 BK 29855 K On-line a.ml.openafs-elders.readonly 536870982 RO 17600 K On-line a.ml.openafs-gk 536871041 RW 50480 K On-line a.ml.openafs-gk.backup 536871043 BK 50313 K On-line a.ml.openafs-gk.readonly 536871042 RO 23083 K On-line a.ml.openafs-info 536870987 RW 308147 K On-line a.ml.openafs-info.backup 536870989 BK 308070 K On-line a.ml.openafs-info.readonly 536870988 RO 258528 K On-line a.ml.openafs-listmgr 536870993 RW 2 K On-line a.ml.openafs-listmgr.backup 536870995 BK 2 K On-line a.ml.openafs-listmgr.readonly 536870994 RO 2 K On-line a.ml.openafs-testers 536870999 RW 2193 K On-line a.ml.openafs-testers.backup 536871001 BK 2193 K On-line a.ml.openafs-testers.readonly 536871000 RO 2193 K On-line a.ml.openafs-w32-devel 536871294 RW 11137 K On-line a.ml.openafs-w32-devel.backup 536871296 BK 11137 K On-line a.ml.openafs-w32-devel.readonly 536871295 RO 9963 K On-line It would also seem that the mbox file and the generated HTML are stored in different volumes, probably for ease of management or backup purposes, as there the HTML can always be regenerated from the MBOX file. I don't know what changes are needed to get Debian's mailman package to get it use /afs paths, but I highly suggest that this be setup before things are migrated. It will be much easier long-term if as much as possible can run out of AFS. <<CDC _______________________________________________ HCoop-SysAdmin mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-sysadmin
