Hello, However, you can't have two instances of Mailman running at the same time, acting on the shared data storage (lists, archives, Etc) correct?
- Ivan Fetch. On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 10:24 PM -0500 2005-11-03, Mordechai T. Abzug wrote: > >> I'd like to set up GNU Mailman for high-availabilty via multimaster >> redundancy, ie. with two servers such that configuration and >> subscription changes can occur on either server and will automatically >> be propagated to the other server. >> >> Can GNU Mailman do this? > > Mailman wasn't really designed to do this sort of thing, but > there are some features it does have which makes something along > these lines at least achievable. > > It is easy enough to split up the incoming mail server(s), > outgoing mail server(s), and front-end proxy web server(s) onto > separate machines. > > Splitting the Mailman instance itself is a bit more difficult, > and would need to be done via NFS or other shared network storage > facility with the appropriate file locking mechanisms, etc.... Using > NFS for this may tend to make the overall installation more brittle > and less reliable, because many vendors don't fully or properly > support NFS or shared network storage to the level that you would > need/desire. But, that may still be the best method available to you. > > > I don't know if there is a FAQ entry on this subject in > particular, but you should search the FAQ Wizard for "performance", > and search the archives of this list. It shouldn't be too hard to > turn up some relevant messages on this topic. > > -- > Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little > temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." > > -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania > Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 > > SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info. > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > Mailman-Users@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/ifetch%40du.edu > > Security Policy: > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp