Zarafa is a sharing solution
enabling users to share mail and appointments from web based interface and
Outlook. A great thing is, it can be accessed on Windows and Linux both and is
the only solution that stores the data in open SQL database. Moreover, the Webaccess
is compatible with several web browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet
Explorer etc.
However, it is an important point
to know that users are not allowed to access the server directly rather he is
required to send a request to the server for relevant information. Apart from
it, with Zarafa, user is allowed to view the items of Outlook even if he is not
interacting with his computer. On the other hand, through ‘Webaccess’, user can
see the folder of other users.
Coming back to the storage system,
as mentioned above that Zarafa uses an open SQL database that contains numerous
tables and records in these tables. The stored records include email messages,
appointments, contacts, notes, journals etc. When it comes to the database
structure, it consists of a group of tables that contain the whole information
of the stored records. The names of the tables are as follows:
·
Properties
·
LOB (Large Objects)
·
Users
·
Hierarchy
·
Acl
·
Usergroup_acl
·
Outgoingqueue
The
storage engine used by Zarafa server is ‘InnoDB’ that considers the two file
formats to store the data, namely .frm and .ibadata. Unfortunately, if problems
like corruption or damage occurs in these files, user loses access to Zarafa
database, and consequently the client application also becomes useless. Due to
the problem, user may also face some errors.
Naturally, it becomes very
important for user to fix the problem as soon as possible in order to continue
the task. When it comes to data loss or inaccessibility of data, the first
thing to come into mind is restoring the lost data from backup. But what to opt
if backup is not available or it does not contain the recent data? Or it may
also be possible that backup has encountered some problem and refuses to be
accessed.
In these cases, user can access
recover Zarafa server using a commercial application. The application will
offer desired results owing to its competency, efficiency, and great features.
Moreover, these software are invented by professionals, therefore they are
reliable. However, it is good to do a deep analysis of the manufacturer by
going through the reviews.