Question Additional disk only for emails on plesk ?

[Erick Nunes]

Hello,

In plesk is it possible to choose a disk just for emails?

He currently uses Amazon Lightsail and would like to set all customer emails on a disk apart from everything else.

Is there a tutorial for this?

Thanks

 

[ChristophRo]

You can use this as a blueprint:

# list existing block devices
fdisk -l
     -->  /dev/vdb


# partition the new block device
fdisk /dev/vdb
    n
    p
    <enter>
    <enter>
    w


# format the new partition
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdb1


# disable automatic fs-check every X days/mounts
tune2fs -c0 -i0 /dev/vdb1


# stop services potentially accessing /var/qmail
service postfix stop
service dovecot stop


# rename old qmail directory and create new one
mv /var/qmail /var/qmail_old
mkdir /var/qmail


# get UUID of the new partition
blkid
    --> e725875b-0153-49c6-8e9b-132b0acf0b30


# edit fstab to make system automatically mount the new partition/block device (on boot)
vi /etc/fstab
    --> added "UUID=e725875b-0153-49c6-8e9b-132b0acf0b30 /var/qmail      ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       2"

   
# mount the new partition
mount -a


# move content from old qmail directory to new parition/block device
mv /var/qmail_old/* /var/qmail/
rmdir /var/qmail_old


# starting the stopped services again
service postfix start
service dovecot start

 

[mow]

Obligatory warning that using fdisk or mkfs.ext4 on the wrong device can lead to total data loss, so be careful, double-check every parameter, and do NOT proceed if you're not really sure.