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Date:      Tue, 5 Nov 2002 00:33:41 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Scott Gerhardt <scott@g-it.ca>
Cc:        nbari@unixmexico.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: qmail + 1 million users
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10211050030410.5111-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <B9EC77DC.28E9%scott@g-it.ca>

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On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, 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.

  It has been a long time since I've seen a mail server with enough
storage to handle each mailbox at 100% capacity.  Most people check their
mail regularly, and have empty boxes.  In fact, on one mail server I've
seen, the total daily delivered volume of e-mail (7GB) exceeds the total
free space (5GB), but yet it never fills up, as most of are checking their
e-mail constantly, so the number of e-mails in and out is roughly the
same.

Tom


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