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> Curious how FreeBSD ffs performs in Enterprise-level=20
> environments (ie:=20
> email stores that send 100's of thousands of messages per =20
> day) versus=20
> other filesystems like XFS (I heard thre's a port going on for=20
> FreeBSD..?), ReiserFS, et al.   Is there a FAQ that covers=20
> some of this=20
> and the various tuning issues one might consider (filesystem and=20
> kernel).   This applies either disk-alone or across a raid array,=20
> etc.    I'm interested in hearing others experiences (good and bad).
>=20
>=20

You are almost starting a holy war  :)

I believe hotmail used to be hosted on FreeBSD until it was bought out =
by
MS, that should be a decent volume indicator.

I run a very small email list server and it works fine on a p200.  I did =
see
a noticable jump in speed when I switched the mail service from sendmail =
to
qmail, so it is also dependant on what you will run.