On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Patricia A Moss <pmoss4@csc.com> wrote:
Good morning,
I am using Mailman version 2.1.9; with Namazu, version 2.0.15, as my search engine. It is running on a Linux server, running RedHat 4.0
This system has been in place for quite a number of years. I am running out of space and don't have the option to upgrade my hardware. I would like to move the very old archives off of the server and into a text file, or perhaps a pdf, to clear space on my server. I can not just delete the older archives. The clients that use the mailman lists want to be able to see/read the older archives, for reference purposes; hence the need for a text or pdf file.
Where would you store these PDF or text files so that clients can read them? If they are accessible on that server wouldn't they take up about as much room as they do now? (PDF might take up more room.)
I'm not the best person to answer this, but maybe you should look at other ways to save space on the server (e.g., indexes). Another option might be compressing your mailbox files. (Maybe you can even enable compression on an entire partition?)
Again, I'm not an expert on this, but my approach would be to leave the archives in place since clients require access to them and find a way to compress the files or delete *other* files that clients don't require access to. Hope that helps.