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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mail Toaster CLUSTER
From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
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On 27 Jul 2001 13:28:34 +0100, Sascha Lucky Luck wrote:

> The file system where the user accounts live must then be shared
> between the different mail servers. We mounted that from a Network
> Appliance Filer cluster, so that was pretty safe to begin with. 

Is there any way to do this with FreeBSD and a supporting crew?

> User account information needs to either reside on the shared FS or
> must be duplicated (eg. rdist) between the machines.

Or LDAP :-)

> If you are connected to the server that failed you'll have to
> reconnect. Otherwise the user will never notice a server failure.

The ultimate aim :-)

   - andrew

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