> I am also considering turning no the IMAP function on the server. > The one thing I am not sure about is the amount of disk space needed > to have this app running.
Disk space? The amount of space taken up on disk by all mailboxes plus their tiny index files. IMAP stores don't get emptied onto client PCs as with POP3. How much space to allocate is up to you: set a maximum size across user mailboxes and multiply this by the number of users, then perhaps give yourself a 33% margin for company growth plus another 33% margin for unused space. DASD is cheap. > Has anybody bought a new server lately and if so what did you spec > for the server. I am interested in knowing if you went with SCSI or > the SATA drives and why. We still run SCSI shops in the server room, except for some utility servers with low disk I/O demands -- higher MTBFs, wider range of faster spindle speeds, higher channel capacity, more RAM on a wider range of RAID controllers. IMO, SATA will both save you $ and cost you elsewhere, and with a mailserver it's especially crucial to get high disk I/O performance (with IMAP running, adequate CPU is equally crucial). It's possible to outfit a state-of-the-art SATA system that's competitive, but then your savings get even slimmer. Depends on whether you have a hard budget limit. --Sandy ------------------------------------ Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist Broadleaf Systems, a division of Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SpamAssassin plugs into Declude! http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/SPAMC32/download/release/ Defuse Dictionary Attacks: Turn Exchange or IMail mailboxes into IMail Aliases! http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/exchange2aliases/download/release/ http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/ldap2aliases/download/release/ 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/
