Some other useful background information that may help for sizing/configuring a new box: http://www.exchangeadmin.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=20367
Hunter -----Original Message----- From: Cooke, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 9:39 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange Hardware Requirements Upgrade in what respect? Just hardware and win2k advanced server without implementing AD Any other applications running on the box? No other applications (current box is PDC and WINS but new one will only be Exchange) Any bottlenecks with your current setup (processor, memory, disk, network...)? Currently we have some extreme slowdowns throughout the day at random times. We have been working with Microsoft tech support to try and get it fixed for a while, but without success. Our current server is maxed out at a gig of ram, has a dual port NIC and a RAID 5 array that hosts the OS, stores, and logs (bad, I know) . How hard do the users hit the box? Majority of our users fall into the MMB2 medium category, but we also have a fair number of heavy users. Are the auto-emails for internal addresses or external addresses? Auto emails are to external addresses Thanks in Advance for all your help. -----Original Message----- From: Coleman, Hunter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 10:49 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange Hardware Requirements Upgrade in what respect? Hardware? OS? Exchange? Any other applications running on the box? Any bottlenecks with your current setup (processor, memory, disk, network...)? How hard do the users hit the box? Are the auto-emails for internal addresses or external addresses? Do you have an SMTP gateway or relay host? Hunter -----Original Message----- From: Cooke, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 7:50 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange Hardware Requirements We're about to upgrade the server we're running Exchange 5.5 on. I have read that the recommended disk configuration is a mirrored set for the operating system and logs and a RAID 5 array for the stores. Also I've looked around on Microsoft's site for hardware and configuration recommendations but anything that I've found seems incredibly inadequate. I was wondering if anyone has any better information on this. We have about 300 mailboxes and included in that are 100 mobile users who synchronize during the day. We also have auto emailing PC's that churn out about 1500 emails a day. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
