BarricadeMX experiences

[Mogens Melander]

And what was your question ??

On Tue, July 24, 2007 03:20, Richard Lynch wrote:
>
> Note: I am not affiliated with Fort Systems Ltd in any way -- only as a
> satisfied customer.
>
> I spent this past weekend installing BarricadeMX on our MailScanner
> servers.  We process about 1.7 million messages per weekday (mon-fri).
> We currently run with 5 servers.  These are typical servers with dual
> cpus, scsi disks(raid), etc.  We run MailScanner, SpamAssassin, DCC,
> etc.  About 50% of the connections are dropped at the MTA using
> Spamhaus' xbl-sbl blacklists.  The 1.7 million msg count does not
> included those messages stopped by the blacklists at the MTA.
>
> During the day on a weekend the processors run at near 40% utilization
> (using sar).  Once BarricadeMX was installed the utilization dropped
> immediately to 7-8%.  At first I thought something was wrong -- but it
> wasn't.  Today was a good test.  Four of the five systems ran fine all
> day.  The fifth one got a little behind (300-400 messages in mqueue.in)
> during the peak load period but no one complained.  The only complaint
> had to do with the spf policy which I ended up disabling.  That was it.
> I received no other complaints all day and I usually get pounded about
> mail delays.
>
> Originally I was looking at getting yet another server but decided to
> give BarricadeMX a try first.  My thinking now is to drop back to 2 or 3
> servers and use the two freed up ones for other projects.  My
> experiences so far with support is great as well.  I had some problems
> with the software installation on Saturday.  I posted a message to
> support at fsl.com and received an immediate solution within 10 minutes.
> I'm serious, it was 10 minutes and on a Saturday.
>
> I can't say enough about this product.  I'm posting my experiences here
> because this list is where I first saw the product announcement and I
> believe any site running MailScanner can benefit from this package.
> It's reasonably priced, great support, and can actually save you money
> with the reduction in hardware alone.  It's also easy to install and
> easy to take in and out.  They'll also let you demo it.
>
> I know this comes off sounding like a sales pitch but it's hard to
> describe the experience without sounding like one.  It really is an
> amazing product.
>
>
> Richard Lynch
> WVNET
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Mogens Melander
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