On 16 Apr 2004 09:16:11 -0300 Mariano Wahlmann <wahlmann@agro.uba.ar> wrote: > I need some help, on designing a mail server solution (structure), my > request are: > > -Users 4000+ aprox. with a growth rate of 20/users by month. > -Each user has 15Mb of inbox. > -Accesible by POP3 / IMAP (Only for Webmail who resides in other > server)-Mail list (some of 4000+ users) Do you need filtering? (AV, Spam?) > I have two proposal: > > 1- One big expensive server with 1 SCSI disk, two processors. Bad solution, no failsafe storage. I'd say at least two disks as RAID1, or even 3+ as RAID5. If you can get expensive HW, do it right and get hot-swappable drives and a suitable controller. > 2- Several cheaps servers, dividing mailboxes across servers. I think one server could handle all storage needs easily. However, you might want to have a second (or even several other) machine(s) to do stuff like virus scanning and spam filtering. -- Got Backup? Jabber: Shadowdancer at jabber.fsinf.de
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