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RE: Mail server in LVS

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Mail server in LVS
From: "Peter Mueller" <pmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:39:53 -0700
> Hi,
> I want to make an e-mail server using cluster  LVS .

.

> I think something like this.
> 
> ----------------------------
>  |       Load Balancer 1   |-----------------   ---| Real 
> Server 1 |-----
> -----------------------------              |    |             
>            |
> 
>                                    |    |                     
>          |
>                                    |-------| --|Real Server 2 |------
> File System
>                                    |    |                     
>           |
> ----------------------------               |            |
> |
>  |       Load Balancer 2   |------------------           ---| 
> Real Server 3
> |------       
> -----------------------------

Unfortunately your ascii art broke.

> All realServers share the filesystem.
> What do you thinks about this?
> What kind of solution for filesystem do you recommend? 
> A linux Box with NFS??   
>  An array in Fibre channel?? Connect to all Reals ?

You didn't say how much capacity or uptime you need.  The cheapest and
easiest solution is NFS.

If you are asking this question you should stay away from shared storage as
it can be a terrible experience.  You might want to search through the Linux
High-Availability archives @
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ha&r=1&w=2.

Regards,

P

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