Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:58:17 +0100 From: Jaka Erjavec <jaka.erjavec@telemach.net> To: <nbari@unixmexico.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: qmail + 1 million users Message-ID: <200211050858.17454.jaka.erjavec@telemach.net> In-Reply-To: <B9EC77DC.28E9%scott@g-it.ca> References: <B9EC77DC.28E9%scott@g-it.ca>
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Hello, Maybe this question is a bit out of the topic but I am wondering how are you handeling authentication for all this users. You are probably not using system users, or do you? Thanks, Jaka On Tuesday 05 November 2002 02:15, Scott Gerhardt wrote: > Hmm, 1,000,000 users with 2MB quota each will require 2TB of disk space > minimum! You will need an external fiber channel or similar storage array. > > On 11/4/02 7:03 PM, "Ralph Forsythe" <rf-list@centerone.com> wrote: > > I can't really say on the load balancing, but for the other stuff: > > > > Your system is probably slow because of the swapping - that's a lot of > > continuous CPU and disk activity to slam it. I'd say look at the total > > memory usage you have now (ram + swap), figure your growth in and scale > > accordingly leaving extra ram on top of that. You should avoid swapping > > at all costs. > > > > The dual CPU is good, get the most you can afford there. Your main > > bottleneck will be the disks - I recommend you actually run more than 2, > > if you can get a high performance RAID controller and several disks > > running the load will be split across the spindles and you'll see a major > > performance gain, plus data security. With 1 million users I assume you > > can afford this. > > > > If you're load balancing you need to figure out how to replicate the data > > across servers. That introduces a lot of complexity into the equation, > > since I'm sure there are multiple ways to accomplish what you need but > > finding the best one for your scenario and budget could be tricky... > > > > -rf > > > > At 04:17 PM 11/4/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >> Hi all > >> > >> i have almost 1 million users and i am using qmail with vpopmail > >> right now i have a compaq proliant 2 procesors p III and 1GB ram > >> users have 2MB Quota but the servers is geting slow, and i am using > >> almost all my swap partition (85%) what hardware do you recomend for > >> this server and how can i balance the load on the server > >> > >> I am thinking on a dual xeon DELL poweredge 6600 with 6GB ram and two > >> 73Gb SCSI > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------- > >> "UNIXMEXICO la comunidad *nix en todo México!" > >> http://www.unixmexico.org/ > >> > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the messagehelp
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