> > > Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
> > > That seems like a really bad idea, honestly.
> So NFS is a poor, outdated choice for mail storage in 2020 for a small/medium
> enterprise?
On any large number of users some kind of hash is used to distribute email
> > > > Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
> > > > That seems like a really bad idea, honestly.
> >
> > So NFS is a poor, outdated choice for mail storage in 2020 for a
> > small/medium
> > enterprise?
>
> On any large number of users some kind of hash is used to d
> > > Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
> > That seems like a really bad idea, honestly.
>
> So NFS is a poor, outdated choice for mail storage in 2020 for a small/medium
> enterprise?
The problem is one of data consistency and locking. Running a farm of IMAP
serve
> > Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
>
> That seems like a really bad idea, honestly.
Coy Hile also said:
> I haven't used mail systems that had, e.g. /var/mail
> on NFS in more than 20 years.
So NFS is a poor, outdated choice for mail storage in 2020 for a small
venbian:
> You ruled out cloud solutions?
Someone:
> Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
On 6/12/19 8:12 pm, Wietse Venema wrote:
> It can be done, provided that one does not do stupid things like
> logging into the NFS server and messing with files that an NFS
> cli
On 6/12/19 8:12 pm, Wietse Venema wrote:
venbian:
You ruled out cloud solutions?
Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
It can be done, provided that one does not do stupid things like
logging into the NFS server and messing with files that an NFS
client is activel
venbian:
> > You ruled out cloud solutions?
>
> Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
It can be done, provided that one does not do stupid things like
logging into the NFS server and messing with files that an NFS
client is actively using. That will result in stale NFS
On 2019-12-05 14:58, Phil Stracchino wrote:
On 2019-12-05 14:52, venbian wrote:
You ruled out cloud solutions?
Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
That seems like a really bad idea, honestly.
I haven't used mail systems that had, e.g. /var/mail on NFS in mo
On 2019-12-05 14:52, venbian wrote:
>
>> You ruled out cloud solutions?
>
> Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
That seems like a really bad idea, honestly.
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> You ruled out cloud solutions?
Yes. Do any Postfix administrators with busy systems rely on NFS?
You ruled out cloud solutions? (Original text deleted for brevity.)
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