[Dovecot] Using MySQL to store email?

nodata ubuntu at nodata.co.uk
Tue Jun 6 18:57:48 EEST 2006


Am Dienstag, den 06.06.2006, 08:19 -0700 schrieb Marc Perkel:
> With MySQL for storage you can use replicated databases and multiple 
> machines running dovecot IMAP. The "filesystem" don't have the 
> capabilities that MySQL has.

Yes it does, you just have to choose a filesystem designed to be shared.
Like NFS, GFS, etc.

MySQL can't scale for writes beyond a single server, unless your
application knows which server has which data.



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