Why do you want to get the data off the Exchange server? Exchange now has fairly minimal requirements for i/o so you no longer need high performance storage. Since SP1 whilst the archives MUST be on AN Exchange server it does not need to be the same server that the primary database is on. Even if it is on the same server you can have some slower storage for the archives. Sadly I did find that the OWA search only searches a single datastore so you need to select the archive to search, but at least its accessible from OWA by default without having to add extra's in.
Dave Wade -----Original Message----- From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: 13 March 2012 19:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Archiving (again) I think I may have asked this a year or two ago, but, here I am again. A while back I bought the Exchange Archiver from Sunbelt, and found out that they didn't recommend putting it on a DC. So, it went on the backburner for a little over a year, and a few weeks ago, I freed up a server and reinstalled it as a member server. I was now ready to install the archiver. Found out that the product was sold off to Metalogix. So, I talked to them and they told me a tech wouldn't be available to do the install (over the phone) for two weeks. I made the appointment and waited. As it turns out, Metalogix support is horrible. I've been put off four times now about doing the install... each time they say they can do it, then they either never call me, or email me and say they're too busy. So, I'd like to give up on this product, but I'd like to know what current products you guys are having good luck with? Essentially I've got an Exchange 2010 Enterprise Server with just a few (less than 25) mailboxes and a total store of 155 GB. My reason for archiving is to get the mail off the Exchange server and onto a separate server, and have it be indexed so that people can search large mailboxes very quickly. I don't think Exchange's native archiving would work for me because from what I've read it has to be done on the same server as the Exchange server, so I don't think that's going to speed up searches. Any other products I could look at? Thanks, as always, Evan --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist ********************************************************************** The Council has launched its Streets Ahead initiative to show how we can keep Stockport moving during the winter months. For all the latest news visit the new web pages at www.stockport.gov.uk/streetsahead This email, and any files transmitted with it, is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. As a public body, the Council may be required to disclose this email, or any response to it, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless the information in it is covered by one of the exemptions in the Act. If you receive this email in error please notify Stockport ICT, Corporate & Support Services via email.qu...@stockport.gov.uk and then permanently remove it from your system. Thank you. http://www.stockport.gov.uk ********************************************************************** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
