Yeah, just ignore me, I guess. 10-15+ is probably a more realistic number in terms of truly heavy load.
Regards, Ben Pitzer --------------------------------------------- "Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Ben Franklin-- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Steve Williams > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:59 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] sendmail vs. postfix - was Re: stupid sendmail > question? > > > 14-15 messages/sec is a 24 hour average load for the boxes that > Ben is used > to looking at, so his definition of extreme would probably be that or > higher. > > -Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Alan Dorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:19 PM > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] sendmail vs. postfix - was Re: stupid sendmail > question? > > > > "Ben Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The fact is that none of us, to my knowledge, have ever tried to > > > scale Postfix to extreme levels, but I'd be interested to hear from > > > some party who has tried to do so. Perhaps we could ask Weitse if > > > he knows of anyone who has tried, and what level of success they > > > have experienced. > > > > What are extreme levels? > > > > I run an anti-spam service, and we easily handle 2 messages/sec on > > $1700 systems that are doing the mail receiving, spam filtering, virus > > scanning, forwarding as well as storage and retrieval (through a web > > interface) of sidelined mail. > > > > I have, in test situations, pumped at least 8 messages/sec through > > less powerful systems. > > > > Are those considered extreme? > > > > Mike > > -- > > Do you ever wonder about sound and vision -- David Bowie > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
