New Server Specs?

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Drew,

You are absolutely spot on with your observation, and I should take more care when writing emails ;)

Yes, the MailScanner queue is on TMPFS, and it is the SpamAssassin cache that I have put on there aswell.

Regards,

UxBoD

On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 12:31:37 +0100 (BST), "Drew Marshall" <drew at technologytiger.net> wrote:
> On Wed, April 4, 2007 11:37, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
>>  We also put the Postfix
> <snipped>
>> queues on a TMPFS for improved
>> performance, hence having quite a large amount of memory.
> 
> I would watch having your main MTA queues in TMPFS, although I am sure you
> have it covered with multiple redundant power etc. IF the power did die
> then all the mail in the MTA queues would also go west. Not an issue for
> MailScanner as that's what it does on start up any way (Flush it's work
> directories) and then it picks up the messages fresh from the hold queue
> or incoming process (Depending on MTA). Personally I would have err,
> upset, users if all the mail that was waiting to be processed in the hold
> queue or delivered in the ../incoming/ queue went missing due to some
> unforseen error (Cleaner pulling out power cord, datacenter's diverse
> power not failing over etc, etc).
> 
> Drew
> 
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