Global File system and Cyrus

Mirosław Jaworski mjaw at ikp.pl
Fri Nov 24 17:10:05 EST 2006


On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 18:17 -0300, Diego Woitasen wrote:
> I 'm trying to implement a cyrus server using GFS (with a shared storage
> connected with fiber channel) but can't find information or experiencies
> about this. In the FAQ somebody says that is not recommended but his
> entry is two years old. Searching in google and mailing list I don't see
> a precise information about this combination.

It's general advice not to use networked filesystems due to inevitable
problems with locking.

> The idea is install two or more servers using a shared storage for all
> mailboxes, to obtain High Availability and Load Balance.
> 

You may want to check Cyrus' murder for HA.

M.

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