----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed MacDonald" <edmacdonald@hotmail.com>
To: <discuss-list@opensrs.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: Reliability problems with email service
> Some 6 weeks ago, when I questioned the price of mail services compared to
> that of various hosting providers, someone on this list defended the
pricing
> suggesting that a "purpose built email system" was more reliable than a
> hosting account with "email tossed in".
I think where simpler systems can win is by spreading the system across many
servers.
We put 2000 domains per server for email. Each server is stand alone so if
we have a disaster
it is isolated to 2000 domains. Its still not good, but its better than
having one large system
with all the domains on it.
I have to say that I did not decide on that system for technical reasons but
it has paid off that way.
Fill one server, add another identical one.
Its quite scalaeable.
Regards
Gordon Hudson
Hostroute.com Ltd
www.hostroute.net
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