Hi Paul, My environment is almost exactly as yours. We are a Non-Profit entity also. We have been using GFI Mail Archiver with SQL Server 2005 which has worked well, however some of the Exchange MVP's may state that Journaling is not a good choice due to the fact it could cause high CPU usage however we have not seen that occur in this environment...yet! YMMV! If I had it to do over again, I would choose another program. One I have looked at is from MailTrust, www.Mailtrust.com <http://www.Mailtrust.com> or you can go with the one offered by our host, Sunbelt-Software, which looks very nice indeed called, Sunbelt Exchange Archiver. You have to decide if you want to host your own archival solution or outsource. Both have their Pro's and Con's, the biggest negative being security of information in the email's archived if you outsource and loss of control. HTH some, Tom
________________________________ From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: email archiving I'm sure this topic has come up before so excuse me it this is old hat. We are looking at an email archive solution from an outside vendor. I don't know much about it except they put an appliance on our network and turn Journaling "on" on our Exchange server, and it's wildly expensive. Can someone give me an "in-a-nutshell" explanation of how this works? Is this the best solution for our money? Any alternatives? We are a non-profit behavioral health facility trying to stay HIPAA compliant. We have a 2003 Domain w/Exchange 2003. Approx 250 mailboxes and right now my total mail store is 30 gigs (priv and pub). Thanks, Paul Everett IS Dept. Lee Mental Health Center 239-791-1551 "Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services. Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.org <blocked::http://www.leementalhealth.org/> to learn more." Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
