Re: [gentoo-server] Corporate Mail server HARDWARE question

> Reliability is fundamental so I'll buy from a vendor: if something
> (hardware) goes wrong you can call them to solve and stop.
>
Which is why I'd probably buy a server

> Talking about storage, I'll use SCSI drives and a RAID1 hardware
> controller. Ram more than processor is fundamental so try to keep always
> a slot free for future upgrades and don't buy ram from vendor but buy it
> yourself : it's cheap!
>
> You should deploy what you know more, since , especially with so many
> users, if something goes wrong you have to be fast and effective.
>
> An inhouse mail server could help to backup mails. You could use imap
> [give a try to dovecot, is AMAZING!] and let users access throught the
> best imap client, thunderbird [m$ told it :D
> http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/02/19/76061.aspx].
>
Right now there are NO servers......(and no BACKUPS...)

> File Server and mail server on the mail server? Well if the hardware is
> well tuned [check this 3d about xfs tune, with tips on raid1 hw
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-397320-highlight-xfs+danneggiato.html
> it's in italian but robotranlators can help you ;) ] and the amount of
> data is note HUGE you could do it. Number and the size of files matter
> either on the fileserver side etheir on the attachments. Use maildir to
> improve performances and avoid mailboxes corruption.
>

all the fiels are on the clients now. I'd like those to move to a server
so i can back them up. I'll look at amanda, though..... I've seen it, but
haven't really investigated it.

> Talking about backup you can deploy different kind of type. If all the
> files are on the server you can use another server as backup or use
> tapes . If some files are on the clients, amanda coul help you in
> backing up everything you have .
>
> These are just some tips : good luck!
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