[Mailman-Users] Mailman performance

[Peter Nixon]

Hello List

FAQ: 1.15. What is the largest list Mailman can run?
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.015.htp

Surely sf.net has much more traffic than the examples listed here as they have 
over 700,000 users currently...

Anyway, I am looking for some recommended hardware specs to run a list service 
with approx 500,000 users, with say 2-5 million emails per day.

I understand all the MTA performance issues, there will be enough MTA servers 
and bandwith to handle the traffic, but my question is will mailman handle 
the load?
Is anyone running a mailman installation of this size? If so I would love to 
hear about the processor and ram requirements.

Would splitiing the mailman components up onto separate servers with a shared  
NFS disk be a good idea??

Thanks in Advance

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Peter Nixon
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