On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-us...@dukhovni.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:47:39PM -0800, Ori Bani wrote: > >> I'm curious to get feedback on the idea of mounting all the postfix >> queue directories on a faster media (SSD drive in this case). > > The answer depends on your real goals. Mounting the spool on an > SSD is only your real goal if you're are a compulsive tinkerer.
Haha. :) > Otherwise, you're trying to solve some problem that's motivating > this question, so state that instead. No, no problem. Only attempting to future-proof things. I anticipate mail volume to grow in the future, and as I have access to SSD, I thought maybe postfix would run faster using it under its queues. Is this not the case? >> In my case, I have virtual maildirs under /var/spool/postfix > > This is a bad idea. The /var/spool/postfix directory is just for > the Postfix queue (messages in transit). Do not deliver mail there. > Ideally deliver mail into a separate file-system that does not > compete for space with the Postfix queue. Point taken, glad I accidentally bumped into this advice.
