The clue is that they probably spent a whole wedge of cash on the ESX host to support the number of mailbox servers they had running. Money that could have been equally well spent on *gasp *physical servers! My colleague has just been to VMworld and told me that they'd virtualised all their MBX servers, but I'm not too sure what the config of a) the host and b) the guest OSes. I'll try and find out.
Richard PS - I'm a big fan of not virtualising for the sake of virtualsing. -----Original Message----- From: bounce-8455945-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8455945-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Campbell, Rob Sent: 12 March 2009 12:35 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtual vs Physical for E2K7 Mailbox Server I remember an article from VMware about how they had set up Exchange 2007 in a totally virtual environment. They had several thousand mailboxes, and while the mailbox were all being served from the same ESX host, they had multiple mailbox servers installed on that host and no more that a couple thousand mailboxes per server. I think there's a clue there somewhere.......... -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:19 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtual vs Physical for E2K7 Mailbox Server How many mailboxes? What's the storage backend? How big are the stores? What's the front-end look like? -----Original Message----- From: Brian Dwyer [mailto:bdw...@bne.catholic.edu.au] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:30 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Virtual vs Physical for E2K7 Mailbox Server I have 2 x HP BL680 G5 E7450 2P 8G Servers to use as either - Clustered mailbox server using CCR or configure as ESX virtual hosts to support virtual mail box server/s Looking for a recommendation on which way to go....... thanks in advance Brian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the BCEC Security Gateway, and is believed to be clean. Brisbane Catholic Education however gives no warranties that this e-mail is free from computer viruses or other defects. Except for responsibilities implied by law that cannot be excluded, Brisbane Catholic Education, its employees and agents will not be responsible for any loss, damage or consequence arising from this e-mail. ~ 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 ~ ************************************************************************************************** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ************************************************************************************************** ~ 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 ~
