Mail.box outside data path ... possible?

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Our Linux Admins asked if the mail.box can be placed either outside the data path or in a seperate sub-directory.

The reason is that the want to use a designated mountpoint for our mail.box(es) on the zLinux System so they can more easily manage the size of the data-path (as a seperate mount point).

So there are two questions:

  1. Is this possible? E.g. with an ini parameter that directs to the possition of the mail.box or a directory line? Other ideas?

  2. Even if this is possible, does it make sense or will we create more problems (e.g. less performance)?

Thanks

Harald

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Subject: Benefit ?

Which benefit do you expect from re-locating the mailboxes ?By default, the mail.box(es) ar compacted at midnight by the router task or you submit the following command :

tell router compact

Regards

Frithjof

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Subject: Performance

Our Linux Admins say that this should improve performance as the have easier control over I/O operations on the OS.

In addition in an emergency (e.g. mount is full due to a mailloop) the danger of crashing should be smaller. They say that the data directory ist most sensitive to crash if the mount is 100% full.

Not sure if this is correct as I am not a Linux specialist.

Thanks

Harald