Yes. You can have 2 James servers residing behind the same virtual IP address. You can even have them use the same DB for JDBCAlias as long as the spools are different.
Serge Knystautas Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites http://www.lokitech.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: Re: Clustering James? > Thanks to all who have supplied additional details on the functionality of James on this matter. It has been very > helpful. > > I would like to share another scenario with you. > > I currently have two load balanced servers running SMTP (not James), the servers share a virtual IP. My custom email > application is configured with the virtual IP as it's SMTP address. This allows me to continue to send email from the > application, as long as one server is functional. > > The questions I asked earlier where related to this scenario. I would like to replace the SMTP service that I am > currently running with James, to take advantage of the JDBCAlias mailet. > > Thinking through the scenario I have presented, it looks like I confused the issue by using the term clustering. Taking > a deeper look at the situation makes me realize that clustering does not really come into play. By running two separate > instances of James (each with identical configurations) I can achieve the results I desire. > > Am I on track? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:46 PM > > Subject: Clustering James? > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I would like to use James strictly as a mail-forwarding server (SMTP). > I > > > have been able to install James and configure the JDBCAlias mailet to > > > perform forwarding based on a database table. I also intend on moving > the > > > user repository into the database as well. > > > > > > My question is this. Can I have two servers in a cluster running > > instances > > > of James to forward mail? I am assuming that since I am only using SMTP > > > there should not be a problem. Also, since only one server will be > > > accepting a given request, there should not be a problem with duplicated > > > messages. > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
