Strategy for fts and Replication

[Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay]

Hi there,

I got successfully to replicate my mail server to another dovecot 
install using dsync, mainly for redundancy, and it works great.

I want to try to install fts, as some of the mailboxes have tens of 
thousands of messages, and it takes minutes to get some results when 
searching via IMAP on a Roundcube interface.

I want to experiment with fts-solr first, and firstly on my redundant 
server, ie., not on my main dovecot install. Is it ok to do this? I ask 
because I am afraid of how this whole reindexing on the redundant 
install will affect the production server.

Also, any tips on something else than fts-solr? I tried it once, but it 
was so hard to get it right, so many configurations, java, etc., that 
I'd rather try something else. I also could try fts-elastic or something 
like that, but, again, having to maintain an elasticsearch install might 
use more resources than I think is worth. Any thoughts on that?

Best,

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Francis