Re: [Exim] OT: E-mail Redundant Systems

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Autor: Suresh Ramasubramanian
Datum:  
To: Kjetil Torgrim Homme
CC: Odhiambo G. Washington, exim-users
Betreff: Re: [Exim] OT: E-mail Redundant Systems
Kjetil Torgrim Homme [1/5/2004 10:31 PM] :

> okay, but then the MySQL db becomes the single point of failure, and it
> is also hard to keep the files in absolute sync across Exim servers.
> the latter may not be a big problem, depending on your configuration,
> but you need to consider what happens when they're out of sync -- can
> e-mail messages loop?


We use mysql dbs extensively (but over a mixed postfix and qmail
environment).

A way to go is to run multiple mysql slave servers (possibly on each MX)
and have them replicate the userdb in realtime from the parent, on which
users are provisioned into the mail system.

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