FOSS Cluster of any sort?

[quietas]

I've got a pile of older P4s, is there anyway to use them in a cluster with the FOSS version? My funding has been eaten and my execs are reluctant at this point to hand me cash for a new server hardware and software.

Cluster somehow, be it through Zimbra or the OS. Just something to get the most out of the equipment I have.

[jholder]

Probably not. If they're old, they're probably not good enough (or have enough RAM) for zcs anyway...not to mention any cluster suite you have on top of if it.

[Rich Graves]

If you are hurting for peformance, you can distribute load somewhat by putting logger and mta functions on different machines. A multi-server install adds complexity, though, especially at upgrade time. I'd assume you're short on staff time as well as money.

Giving /opt/zimbra a separate partition/separate hard drive if possible will help recoverability. In case of hardware failure, you could easily move the /opt/zimbra disk to another system (as long as that disk isn't the component that failed).

[quietas]

Unfortunately that was what I was thinking as well. I just have half a dozen olf SFF HP's at home that I need something to do with.

As for staff, since we just lost a person I am the sole IT being for 200 users in 3 cities spread over 5 locations.