Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:23:24 +0100 From: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> To: Olivier Nicole <olivier.nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NFS client over private network Message-ID: <50BC6F8C.3040900@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bg%2BBvgARLwqde9b5urJTTf7k-jx=HTuxd05jduyVqoHk0=Yug@mail.gmail.com> References: <50BC69F6.1080903@esiee.fr> <CA%2Bg%2BBvgARLwqde9b5urJTTf7k-jx=HTuxd05jduyVqoHk0=Yug@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/03/2012 10:11 AM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, > >> I have some trouble on a mail server running 9.0-RELEASE-p3 >> >> Last week I set up a NFS mounted partition containing 1 Tb of IMAP folders >> the NFS mount is done through a private network link on a dedicated giga >> ethernet link with the following config : >> >> 10.0.0.1/24 <--> 10.0.0.2/24 >> mailhub NFS NetAPP 3210 server >> >> I use MBOX format on this server ( Postfix + Dovecot 2 ) > There is something somewhere saying "don't use mbox format on NFS". > It's simply wont work. It may work, but someday you'll face some > issue. > > Time to change for maildir format :) > > Bon courage. > > Olivier A mbox --> maildir convertion on this server will take ~24 hours ... I cannot stop it so long for now ( I have to wait until holidays ... ) >> Since I used this configuration a lock problem occured on some INBOXes >> here is an example of the problem. >> >> >> Nov 30 23:59:26 mail postfix/local[35280]: 3YCr470N6MzYmp0: >> to=<xxx@esiee.fr>, orig_to=<xxxx@esiee.fr>, relay=local, delay=1527, >> delays=1470/39/0/19, dsn=4.2.0, status=deferred (cannot update mailbox >> /var/mail/xxx for user xxx. unable to lock for exclusive access: Resource >> temporarily unavailable) >> >> I don't think Postfix or Dovecot are responsible because when I do not use >> the "private" NFS link this does not happen ... I mean when the partition is >> NFS >> mounted with public IP addess. >> >> Thanks for any info if you have some ... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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