Global File system and Cyrus

[Diego Woitasen]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:10:05PM +0100, Miros?aw Jaworski wrote:
> 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.

GFS is not a networked filesystem, it's a shared filesystems that
implement the full unix semantics, including locking. What kind of locking
problem are you talking about? If the DBD is the problem, can it use
other database?

> 
> > 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.

mmm, cyrus murder is not a fully HA system, it can suffer of partial outages.
> 
> M.
> 
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