My users send and receive a ton of CAD files so every mailbox is freakin huge. My next project is to research a cheep (aka free next to free) archive solution. sigh......
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Sean Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > How big of a database are you projecting with 75 users? > > Why not split it into 3 mirrored sets? > > > - Sean > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Michael B. Smith < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If you are presuming that that is because the boot volume might fill up >> because of log files - well, my opinion is that you should be monitoring >> that situation. >> >> And if you aren't, serves you right. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP >> My blog: >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael<http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael> >> Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: farooq.ahmed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:57 AM >> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Drive Configuration >> >> yes , i agree but seperating logs might be benificial. >> ________________________________ >> From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:53 PM >> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Drive Configuration >> >> I wouldn't make that so complicated. >> >> C: OS, applications, logs, pagefile >> D: exchange db >> >> While I always encourage people to "buy high", that's significantly more >> "oomph" than you'll need for 75 users. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP >> My blog: >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael<http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael> >> Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange >> >> From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:33 AM >> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> Subject: Exchange 2007 Drive Configuration >> >> Just checking to see if this is the best way to utilize the drives that I >> have in this server for Exchange 2007. >> >> My only question is about the Exchange Install drive. How much room >> should >> I use and does it grow at all? >> >> Organization >> One Exchange server 75 mailboxes >> >> Server >> Exchange 2007 on Server 2008 >> Dell PowerEdge 2950 >> 2 quad core 2.0ghz processors >> 8 Gb of RAM >> 2 x 15k 73Gb Drives >> 4 x 15k 146Gb Drives >> >> >> RAID 1 = 2 73GB Drives >> - OS, Exchange Install, Exchange log Files >> C: 20Gb OS >> D: 10Gb Exchange Install >> E: 40Gb Exchange Log Files >> >> >> RAID 5 = 4 x 146GB Drives >> - Page File, Exchange DB >> F: 10Gb Page File >> G: 400Gb Exchange DB >> >> >> Thanks for your input >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ >> ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ >> >> >> ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ >> ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ >> > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
