> If I have more than one IMAP server (at least on different machines), then
> how else do I point all IMAP servers to the mail spool beside
> NFS/GFS/AFS/etc?  The connection from clients (SM, etc) to IMAP will of
> course be regular IMAP connections/protocol.  Eventually, we have our eye on
> Perdition to help load balance IMAP connections.

It depends what you're doing for IMAP.  Switch to cyrus, where you can support
thousands of simultaneous IMAP connections on just reasonably modern hardware. 
Once there, implement murder to "balance" the IMAP load across multiple servers,
doing it all without any shared storage.

>> Your IMAP server shouldn't need to be load balanced anyway, so you could
>> take that
>
> Why?

Sorry, you said something about small company/budget.

John




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Ivy Tech State College
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