Re: [Exim] large scale exim/mail system

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: michael
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] large scale exim/mail system
* [michael@??? on 16/03/01 23:11 -0000]

> I tried a RAM disk for the hints databases and under high load, it helps
> a lot to reduce mail latency. Once Linux tmpfs becomes stable (ramfs
> is _not_ up to the job), it will certainly be an option to consider.


See Yann Golanski's paper on how to increase mail throughput with exim - on
his homepage at http://www.kierun.org/academic I think.

> > Can I just remind everyone that has a disc IO bottleneck that the software
> > RAID that comes with Linux (version 0.90 as provided by all the major


Far cheaper than a ramdisk as well.

     -s


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