Re: [exim] Nhash and Imap

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Συντάκτης: Tobias Kuhrmann
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Προς: exim users
Αντικείμενο: Re: [exim] Nhash and Imap
> My first 'large scale' email relied on twinned IBM 3080, later 3090...
> ... but I have learned not to be a believer in clustering for MTA.
>
> Too many eggs in one basket - even if it is a strong and well-proven
> basket.
> Which IBM mainframes were, but RH GFS is not (not yet, anyway...)
>
> WHEN, not IF, s**t breaks, I prefer it breaks in manageable chunks.
>
> Unless you are taking on Yahoo, MSN, or Gmail, a by-domain split
> ordinarily
> serves even for large multi-domain ISP's, 'coz there are seldom that many
> in any
> single domain.tld (or division thereof).


I absolutly agree with this. Be on the safe side with more managable units
than one big whole s**t cluster solution. We tried to have such solutions
and failed - back to the roots.


Tobias Kuhrmann