Others will chime in I am sure. Search the archives for hard drive configuration recommendations.
True, Raid5 will hurt you a lot more than help. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Dowdall > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] setting up a 3000-user imail implementation > > Hi all. > > I'm looking at setting up an imail implementation for 3000 users, all > webmail. > I asked Ipswitch tech support if there were any white papers, > guidelines, or specifications for scaling but they said they've never > generated that sort of information. > They sent me to the forum... and so, I look to you, my peers for > guidance. > > Any thoughts about 3000 users? > Obviously, if I'm going to do it all on a single server, I'd want to it > to be as robust as is possible. > I'm thinking Xeon, dual or quad processor, coupla' gigs of memory, hard > drives appropriate to 3000 users at 20 megs a pop (total 60 gig). > > But is that the best approach? Is 3000 users too many for a single > Imail server? Are there scenarios where multiple servers are used? If > I did do multiple servers how would they be associated? Would I have a > single Imail user database located on one server, or simply deal with > multiple imail user databases separated logically by server. Would the > "unlimited user" license cover multiple servers or would I have to get > multiple licenses? > > One thing tech support did offer as advice was "don't use RAID5". > This seems totally wrong to me as redundancy and throughput are the > primary benefits of using RAID. Unless there's something bad about the > way Imail plays with RAID5? I'm talking hardware RAID. > In fact, though I can get 72 gig drives, I'm thinking it would be better > to get like, multiple 36's, just for the RAID-5 multi-processing > benefits. > > thoughts? > > Thanks for your help. > > Regards, > > Ed Dowdall > > > 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/
