Fair enough... On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Shields, Anthony < ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org> wrote:
> It’s what we do in the school to maintain and improve our technology. We > rebuild, recreate and improve on what we had, deploy new hardware/software, > improve infrastructure. > > > > Instead of tacking things on down the road-during the year, we rebuild > –incorporating all of those things during the summer. > > > > We repurpose servers. What once was high volume, no longer needs the super > server. What once was a physical server, is now a virtual server. > > > > Unlike corporate world, we attempt to leave our stuff untouched during the > school year. For the summer break, we get to start fresh when downtime is > near irrelevant. > > > > > > Anthony Shields > > Systems Administrator > > The Epstein School > > (404) 250-5659 > > > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Upgrade to 2010 first? > > > > My suggestion would be to not rebuild the domain. What are the reasons > behind this? > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Shields, Anthony < > ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org> wrote: > > Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including > Exchange. This year, we will be upgrading several things including Win2k8 > R2 and E2k10 server. > > > > Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store – in this case a > E2k7 – to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store. > > > > We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs. I have had > issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to avoid > them if possible. > > > > I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and > was wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010 and > then export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall 2010, > importing those PST files? > > > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > > > > > > Anthony Shields > > Systems Administrator > > The Epstein School > > (404) 250-5659 > > > ------------------------------ > > The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of > Greater Atlanta. > > >
