For that small of a user base I'd put them all on one single server at the home office. It would be a much better use of resources and a WHOLE lot easier to manage. We have our exchange deployed almost the same except with a frame relay network and our sites are all 60 plus users. We also tend to be a very email centric and piggish company.
-----Original Message----- From: Niki Blowfield - Exchange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:06 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Advice on infrastructure design Hi Very few to be honest, at our head office we have something like 30 users, then each site has around 10-15 Am I correct in assuming mailboxes need to be moved to our central server first, then the sites created, then the mailboxes moved back? Thanks Nik -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 October 2002 15:41 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Advice on infrastructure design Good point ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:27 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Advice on infrastructure design > > > I agree, but am curious as too how many users at each site? Do you > really need one at each location. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Seielstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:40 AM > Subject: RE: Advice on infrastructure design > > > > Switch to x.400 connectors. There is precious little > difference, at the > > network level, between Site Connectors and intrasite > communications - they > > both rely entirely on RPC connectivity, which frankly blows across > unstable > > or tempermental WANs. > > > > Alternately (since you'd need to own Enterprise to use > x.400 connectors), > > you could also use the IMS as your connector, but I find > x.400 easier to > use > > for connector purposes. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Niki Blowfield - Exchange > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:26 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Advice on infrastructure design > > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > I hope you will excuse me if this seems like an amateurish > > > question to ask, but I think we need to revise our setup, and are > > > not in a position to hire a > > > consultant. > > > > > > Currently, we have 5 offices connected to each other via ADSL > > > links, using Sonicwall routers and their VPN capabilities. > > > > > > Our Exchange Setup is 1 site with 5 servers. We've had the odd > > > problem in the past when the ADSL links have gone down, and > > > messages have been lost. > > > Not often, but once or twice > > > > > > It was suggested to me here that we should configure each server > > > as residing in a different site, and configure site connectors > > > > > > I now have an issue where one server experiences massive > delays when > > > delivering messages to other servers (8 hours in some cases). On > > > closer inspection, I see lots of MTA errors regarding RPC > communication. When > > > running RPC Ping, it says it failed to bind to the other servers > > > on all protocols > > > > > > If we are to revise our configuration, will it be best > for me to move > > > mailboxes from 1 server to what I call our central server which > > > will be remaining in the site its in, then delete the old server, > re-install > > > exchange into a new site in the existing organisation, > and move the > > > mailboxes back? > > > > > > Thanks for any advice > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
