RE: 2000 server sizing.

[William Lefkovics]

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On good hardware, Exchange2000 clustered works well.  I think the issue was with Active/Active.  Ew.   Active/Passive with 2500 users should be no problem on good hardware.   You could consider deploying a FrontEnd/BackEnd scenario as well to offload some duty to a front end server.   William -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: 2000 server sizing. We have finally implemented AD and are now looking into migrating to E2K. Currently I have 7 boxes set up to handle Exchange 5.5.   5 for user mailboxes (about 500 users each) 1 for Public Folders 1 for IMS   I have posted before asking if anyone was using Exchange 2000 in a clustering or SAN configuration. I seem to remember that some had said that they found a benefit to connecting to the SAN but that there seemed to be a consensus that Exchange did not really do well in a clustering environment for a site of 2500 users. Is this correct?   That being the case I am looking at bringing E2k up on a Dell 4600 2GHz/512k XEON with 2GB memory and 4x74GB RAID drives. Has anyone had any experience running Exchange on that type of hardware and size? Also, when I first brought up my 5.5 site we were told to keep it at about 500 mailboxes per server. Do I still need to follow that with 2000?   I know that there are a lot of variables and that there is no one right setup for everyone, but I am going in the right direction?     Ken Powell Systems Administrator Clark County Office of Budget and Information Services (OBIS) Vancouver, Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (360) 397-6121 x4658 Fax: (360) 759-6001   List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm