I think so, but first i want to look for solutions like changing to maildir, did someone try it (mailbox vs. maildir)?, how can i measure IOWAIT, because top command show always 0%.
Thanks, On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 04:47, Toens Bueker wrote: > Mariano Wahlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > Hy, i'm Administrator of an University, and my mail (pop/imap) server > > has 5-6 average LA, the machine is an Dual Pentium Xeon of 2.4Ghz, with > > 1Gb of RAM, and one UW-SCSI 320 of 36Gb. My domain has 4000 email > > accounts, and 5 list of 3000 local users (that send one or two email by > > day). The problem is that users gets TIMEOUT everytime that try to > > download emails, etc etc.. > > E-Mail (and especially with MTAs like postfix and qmail) is IO-bound. You need > more disks to spread the load on more spindles. > > by > Töns -- _________________________________________________ Mariano Agustín Wahlmann Administrador de Red Facultad de Agronomía - Buenos Aires - Argentina Te.: (+54 11) 4524-8000 int.8108 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.agro.uba.ar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
