Re: Can we build a proper email cluster? (was: Re: Why is debian.org email so unreliable?)
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:35, martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> wrote:
> also sprach Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> [2004.10.14.1525
+0200]:
> > Or we can do it in two, with capacity to spare AND no downtime.
>
> I would definitely vote for two systems, but for high-availability,
> not load-sharing. Unless we use a NAS or similar in the backend with
> Maildirs to avoid locking problems. Then again, that's definitely
> overkill...
A NAS in the back-end should not be expected to increase reliability. Every
time you increase the complexity of the system you should expect to decrease
reliability.
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