Joe Ellis wrote:
>
> Paul Vallee wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > We are having performance problems with our mailserver, especially when we
> > try to back it up. I am attempting to set up an incremental backup of the
> > imap spool, and preferably to include only files since the last incremental
> > backup. I am a reasonably advanced shell scripter, and I don't need help
> > with coding that.
[...]
> > I am told that conceivably ext2 is unfriendly to cyrus imap because of its
> > highly-file intensive storage configuration. I am open to converting this
> > mount point to a non-ext2 filesystem if it warrants the (not insignificant)
> > effort. Does it?
> >
> > If so, which filesystem is most appropriate? ext3 is very easy to implement,
> > but I can't imagine that it could make that big of a difference in
> > performance. Reiserfs, jfs, etc. I understand may also be options. I would
> > like to hear the consensus best fs for cyrus from the list, please.
>
> i wouldn't recommend ext2 for a mail server. I'm a big fan of SGI's XFS
> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
Yes!! We are going to be moving out Cyrus installation to XFS as soon
as we find time to do the upgrade. IMHO, XFS is the best journaled
filesystem out there, from both a stability and performance standpoint.
Of course we are an SGI reseller, so I've had a lot of experience with
it.
Ken
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