I did read that earlier and I just finished printing all the documents out for some bedtime reading.
I'm off for the day, you all have a good 3 day weekend. Thomas From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 12:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: memory upgrade on EX2K3 I'm no expert by any means, but based on the article, if you're running Exchange 2003 on any version of Windows 2003 and have more than 1GB physical memory installed, then Microsoft recommends setting the /3GB and /USERVA switches. (specifically, /3GB /USERVA=3030). This simply enables more PTEs on the server. Make sure to read through the rest of the article because it's equally important to set the HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold registry value. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager Value name: HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold Value type: REG_DWORD Value data: 0x00040000 (recommended) Value default: not present In addition, if you're supporting more than 500 mailboxes on your server, you'll want to configure the msExchESEParamLogBuffers attribute in AD using ADSIEdit. 1) Open the Configuration Container. 2) Navigate to CN=Services, CN=Microsoft Exchange, CN=<Your Organization Name> 3) Expand CN=Administrative Groups, CN=<Administrative Group Name>, CN=Servers 4) Expand CN=<Your Server Name>, CN=Information Store 5) Right click on CN=<your storage group> and select properties. (If you have multiple storage groups, you'll want to perform the following steps for both) 6) find the msExchESEParamLogBuffers attribute and change the value to 9000. - Sean On 5/23/08, Thomas Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sean, that was another article I was reading as well. So I jumped ahead to fast and after reading a few other docs; correct me if I am wrong. But the /userva switch, should I monitor the memory performance after implementing the /3GB and then determine if the PTEs drop then implement? The reason I ask this (may sound dumb) but our EX2K3 is our only server and everything is hosted on it, priv and pub. Our organization is limited on funds and cannot follow MS' best practices. TIA Thomas From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:57 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: memory upgrade on EX2K3 I found this article to be helpful: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815372 - Sean On 5/23/08, Thomas Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm upgrading our exchange 2003 memory from 2 gig to 4 gig this weekend. I've been reading the documents on utilizing the /3GB switch. However, when reading 325044, there is a /userva in the doc. But I read 316739 which explains how to use the /userva and I'm a little confused as to why you would use that switch. Could some clarify for me as to why the /userva would benefit or would not? TIA Thomas Gonzalez Technology Manager Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas 210.349.2404 phone 210.403.1586 DID 210.349.2666 fax www.girlscouts-swtx.org <http://www.girlscouts-swtx.org/> [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
