That's what I was thinking it might involve. Budget is not super huge and I remember seeing the Coyote Point come up on here before so will throw that out on the table.
~JasonG > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 2:30 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Multiple sites 2003 to 2010 deployment > > Global Load Balancing Services. Most (if not all) of the better HWLB > vendors support it; including Cisco, F5 (on the top end), Kemp Tech, > Coyote Point (on the lower end). > > I've seen a couple of surprisingly nice deployments with GLBS. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 2:11 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Multiple sites 2003 to 2010 deployment > > I'm not familiar with this and my google-fu is failing, will you expound a > bit? > > Jason > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 11:19 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Multiple sites 2003 to 2010 deployment > > > > I recommend you take a look at GLBS instead. That's a > supported/certified > > solution. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 11:04 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Multiple sites 2003 to 2010 deployment > > > > Yep, looks like Ex 2010 project is a go for us this summer too (about > time > > ;) > > > > I recently had someone recommend/propose GRE as a solution for a > > VMWare vMotion vlan between two data centers when I was like "you're > > teling me you can do vMotion across routed subnets." > > > > Sure it'll work, but I'm a bit skeptical when it comes to failure modes. > > How well does a GRE tunnel handle an OSPF re-convergence and route > change > > between the two sites? In the middle of a vMotion? I imagine DAG > > replication is immune and a non-issue. > > > > Inquiring minds want to know... > > > > ~JasonG > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Al Rose [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 10:55 AM > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: Re: Multiple sites 2003 to 2010 deployment > > > > > > Stretched VLAN is not a routing term really, i am no networking > > > skilled really but you could look at GRE or L2TPv3 which allows you > > > to extend a vlan across a routed network. Either way you would need > > > a router or a switch that supports these technologies > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Jiri Kukol <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have never used a Stretched VLAN but I will take a look at it. > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Al Rose [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 3:21 AM > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: Re: Multiple sites 2003 to 2010 deployment > > > > > > > > > > > > have you considered stretched VLAN and CAS Array? > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Jiri P. Kukol <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Right now we have two 2003 servers (one per site) in one domain, > > both > > > setup with a MX record in external DNS. If one server fails, most > > > incoming messages get automatically redirected to the other one and > > > both servers send outgoing messages directly. External users can > > > connect to > > the > > > server that stores their data using either > > > server1.domain.com/Exchange > > or > > > server2.domain.com/Exchange (they know which one to use). > > > What's the best way to replicate the setup with 2010? I would like > > to > > > keep two MX DNS records (in case one site goes down) and run two CAS > > > servers (one per site). It is kind of working - I have moved all > > > users > > in > > > one site to the new 2010 server and they have no problems > > > (internally > > they > > > can connect using Outlook, externally they can connect using > > > server1.domain.com/owa and autodiscover allows them to easily > > > connect using mobile devices). Now I would like to start using the > > > second server for users in the second site but I ran into at least > > > one problem - the Autodiscover service. The external DNS > > > (autodiscover.domain.com) points > > to > > > the first server and I am not sure how to setup the second one in > > > the second site. This is causing problems for both users and some > > > other services (VIPRE for Exchange requires the autodiscover to > > > work). Any suggestions? Or is there a better way to set it up? I > > > searched for a similar scenario with two CAS servers in two sites in > > > the same domain (both the archives and the Internet) and I did not > find much. 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