On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:10:05PM +0100, Miros?aw Jaworski wrote: > On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 18:17 -0300, Diego Woitasen wrote: > > I 'm trying to implement a cyrus server using GFS (with a shared storage > > connected with fiber channel) but can't find information or experiencies > > about this. In the FAQ somebody says that is not recommended but his > > entry is two years old. Searching in google and mailing list I don't see > > a precise information about this combination. > > It's general advice not to use networked filesystems due to inevitable > problems with locking. GFS is not a networked filesystem, it's a shared filesystems that implement the full unix semantics, including locking. What kind of locking problem are you talking about? If the DBD is the problem, can it use other database? > > > The idea is install two or more servers using a shared storage for all > > mailboxes, to obtain High Availability and Load Balance. > > > > You may want to check Cyrus' murder for HA. mmm, cyrus murder is not a fully HA system, it can suffer of partial outages. > > M. > > -- > Miroslaw "Psyborg" Jaworski > GCS/IT d- s+:+ a C++$ UBI++++$ P+++$ L- E--- W++(+++)$ N++ o+ K- w-- O- > M- V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5? X+ R++ !tv b++(+++) DI++ D+ G e* h++ r+++ y? -- -------------- Diego Woitasen ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
