Hello Matt,
What I have done at my end is to restrict single mail to 10MB limit. And then I set up a FTP site to be used for larger files. Though there were initial resistance, it finally died down and is running smooth now. It makes life much easier. The argument that I gave was if someone is sending a 100MB file and it clogs the mail flow, any important email that the management sends will get delayed if it is behind that big email. And they bought over my argument and approved it. Hope it helps you out. Cheers and Best Wishes, Debashish From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2007 Drive Configuration 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 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 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 ~
