Quoth Richard Mayhew on Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 23:43:40 +0200
> Am I correct in saying judging by past posts, that one is able to have exim
> use a shared spool dir.
Yes, but it's not something you want to do ever.
> I intend on running a Shared Spool Directory, shared by 7 SMTP Servers,
> running on a SAN.
You will create an un-usable and unstable system that way. If you want
to do that, use Exchange.
> Are there any special requirements?
Yes, go back and read the thread again and pay special attention to
words such as `bottle neck', `IO limited' and `efficency'.
Seriously, Exim is IO bound -- meaning that the bottle neck _ALWAYS IS_
disk operations, even on RAM disks -- so that using a shared spool
between servers is going to make things worst and not better.
If you are running a large scale system -- which with seven servers you
maybe -- then read the paper I wrote on the subject as it may give you a
clue as to how to do it:
www.kierun.org/academic/
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