[Discuss] Stalwart E-mail; Was: Re: SSH options

Rich Pieri richard.pieri at gmail.com
Thu Jan 22 12:57:08 EST 2026


On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 02:40:25 -0800
Ron <ron at bclug.ca> wrote:

> One technique I've seen discussed is to use iSCSI-backed storage for 
> email, so both servers have read & write access to the same data
> which lives on different servers.

I don't know where you saw this but it won't work as you describe it.
If you attach an iSCSI target and mount the filesystem on two or more
initiators then you get a corrupt filesystem. iSCSI as a failover
mechanism can work but you need to get your I/O fencing correct.

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