Re: Server choices for mailout work

[Richard Welty <rwelty_(_at_)_averillpark_(_dot_)_net>]

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:39:11 -0600 "L. V. Lammert" <lvl_(_at_)_omnitec_(_dot_)_net> wrote:

> At 05:23 PM 2/3/2005 +0100, knitti wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:34:20 +1100, Rod.. Whitworth <listen_(_at_)_witworx_(_dot_)_com> 
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Right now I have been asked to spec up a system designed to deliver an
> > > urgent message to several thousand
> > > subscribers in the shortest possible time. Those who get the message
> > > late are annoyed that others saw it earlier...

> I would not think several thousand emails high enough volume to warrent a 
> complicated HA system, .. seems like a decent MTA like PostFix or qMail 
> with current h'w (maybe Opteron) would be more than sufficient?

most any modern un*x mta (postfix, qmail, exim, even sendmail) can do the
volume if configured correctly. there's not much to be gained by MTA
shopping here.

disk i/o is the usual limiting factor, raid 0 over raid 1 with good SCSI
controllers would make a lot of sense. cpu count and cpu speed aren't
critical factors. make sure you have a caching dns server on the box,
or on a box which is on the same network segment. slow dns lookups
can kill you in one of these setups.

richard
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