We've performed tests with one VM (using ESX Server) with Exchange installed on it. This VM had a blade all for itself. With this configuration we could only host 1500 mailboxes and still have acceptable response times. When we did the same tests on bare metal (same blade) we could host 4000 mailboxes. Vmware has a nice paper on virtualization of Exchange 2003 with ESX Server.
Han. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Depp, Dennis M. > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 15:31 > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware > > Yes Exchange is a resource hog. If I run Exchange (virtualized) on it > own set of hardware? This should provide sufficient > resources (assuming > you have high quality hardware) and also give you the benefits of > virtualization. Or consider running multiple Exchange servers on a > 32-way machine. Each machine would have its own dedicated Disk > controllers (either SCSI or Fibre) Memory and CPU. If you > need more/cpu > simply reconfigure the virtual machine. Granted this would > be more for > large enterprises rather than SMBs but I would not simply dismiss the > idea. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Medeiros, Jose > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 5:29 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware > > I could not have worded that better. > > Sincerely, > Jose Medeiros > ADP | National Account Services > ProBusiness Division | Information Services > 925.737.7967 | 408-449-6621 CELL > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 6:53 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware > > > I couldn't agree more with Tony -- Exchange is a resource hog > and should > not be done on VMWare except for testing purposes. Just > because you can > doesn't mean you should.... > > Chuck Gafford > Systems Architect > Unisys > Mobile: (405) 819-6766 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Medeiros, Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: # Jose Medeiros-IBM (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:39:35 -0700 > Subject: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware > > > Hi Tony, > > I have to respond to this. Many IT managers think you can just > virtualize any > application because of all the marketing hype. Be very careful, I/O is > critical > to Exchange and any other database application which may make > running it > on > VMWARE or VIRTUAL SERVER unpractical not to mention Exchange is also > very > resource intensive and will take whatever it can. Now I am sure if you > have a > very small environment that it may make sense, but with > Microsoft Small > Business > server why would you want to? > > Any body else car e to throw in there two cents? > > Sincerely, > Jose Medeiros > ADP | National Account Services > ProBusiness Division | Information Services > 925.737.7967 | 408-449-6621 CELL > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > ---------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Tony Murray > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:49 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] [OT] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware > > > Microsoft has introduced support for Exchange 2003 SP2 and later on > Virtual > Server 2005 R2. This article has just been released. > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320220 > > I guess this means we can now run a DC and Exchange on the > same physical > > hardware without any of the previous limitations. > > Tony > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
