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Re: [lvs-users] High Traffic IMAP deployment

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] High Traffic IMAP deployment
From: Faisal Ghulam <f.ghulam@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:09:30 +0500
How much traffic a LVS can handle easily.
We are using Postfix as SMTP and Dovecot for IMAP/POP3 .
we will be using secure IMAP.

Our traffic 500Mbytes (ie, ~5Gbps) is an
addition of SMTP + IMAP/POP3 traffic.


On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:23 AM, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa <
ildefonso.camargo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Faisal Ghulam <f.ghulam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > I want to deploy LVS for highly traffic IMAP,POP3 .
> >
> > Can any one guide me how to get it with Centos 5.3.
> >
> > My backend Email server is Postfix.
>
> Postfix handles SMTP, not IMAP/POP3.  I use dovecot for IMAP/POP3, but
> I'm more interested on security than performance, so..... maybe
> someone else can suggest a faster IMAP server (although dovecot is not
> slow, I think, just for the record).  Also, the format of the
> Mailboxes *is* important, and, off course, you need some kind of
> *shared* storage, or storage replication (not sure here), and either
> of these have to be fast.
>
> >
> > Traffic through put is 500 MB per Second.
>
> 500Mbytes (ie, ~5Gbps) or 500Mbits (500Mbps).  Also, is the traffic an
> addition of SMTP + IMAP/POP3 traffic, or just IMAP/POP3 traffic.
>
> >
> > Any one who has deployed it can share his experience.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Faisal Ghulam
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