1,100 to 1,700 e-mails per day??? iMail could easily handle that on an AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED], 256MB of RAM and a single IDE drive. We handle 10x that amount of traffic with extensive antispam and antivirus filtering (three AV tests, plus MessageSniffer via MxGuard) and our resource usage % is in the single digits. Clustering??? Sounds like swatting a fly with a nuke to me. I have to imagine that there must be something else you could use the cluster for that would be more valuable.
William Van Hefner Network Administrator Vantek Communications, Inc. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Szusz > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Imail on a Cluster > > > We are processing between 1100 and 1700 emails a day, this > may be ramping up in the near future, which is part of the > reason for this move. There are no other external apps > running on the servers. It would strictly run Imail server > and the OS. > > The hardware was a system that was purchased for something > else but could not handle the I/O that was necessary so we > are looking to use it for some critical application to our > business that will use to the full potential the cluster, > otherwise a huge waste of money (and in my opinion still > is,but they want to use it this way instead of using it as 2 > separate servers). Thanks Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Hayer > Sent: November 28, 2005 6:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Imail on a Cluster > > Hi Jeff, > > How much email do you process a day? Do you use any external > apps like Declude? I am just curious as to the load to > demand so much hardware - Thanks > > -Nick > > Jeff Szusz wrote: > > >We are going to be rebuilding our Imail server. We plan on > installing > >it on a Compaq cluster server in active/passive mode there > is a shared > >storage array between the 2 nodes. We will be setting it up on a > >Windows 2003 server (if possible, some info I have read states that > >clustering may need 2000 advanced server). Wondering if any one has > >suggestions on how to build/setup the server. Ipswitch > states that it > >isn't supported but has said there are some users that are > doing it and > > >may be able to offer suggestions. > >Anything you could provide would be great! > >Thanks > >Jeff > > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >List Archive: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
