Gotta love corporate politics.

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Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
Atlanta, GA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veld, Paul [mailto:PVeld@;csr.com.au] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:31 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Advice on infrastructure design
> 
> 
> You'd like working here then!  If a site has more than 10 
> people, we have to
> put in an Exchange server.  If only I could convince them to 
> put all that
> extra money into my bank account instead :-).
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:roger.seielstad@;inovis.com]
> Sent: Friday, 11 October 2002 1:13 AM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Advice on infrastructure design
> 
> 
> No. Move the mailboxes to your central site, and save the 
> cost of 5 Exchange
> servers.
> 
> I have had plenty of 20 person offices hitting Exchange 
> across WAN links
> without issue. In fact, I have 2 offices going half way 
> across Europe, with
> 30 users each, to the only office there that can support 
> Exchange (from an
> admin standpoint).
> 
> Personally, I think a server for less than about 40-50 users 
> is insane.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
> Atlanta, GA
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Niki Blowfield - Exchange 
> [mailto:exchangelist@;partition.co.uk] 
> > 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:roger.seielstad@;inovis.com] 
> > 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:thlabse@;hotmail.com]
> > > 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:exchangelist@;partition.co.uk]
> > > > > 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
> > > > >
> > > > > 
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