Bud, I can't be of much help in terms of which user DB route is best...although, if you are considering SQL I can only assume you have an NT domain. You might consider authenticating from the native domain DB. The only drawback I've found with this is that IMAIL must be installed on a domain controller which places overhead on the mail system that most would rather avoid.
In terms of your hardware configuration and disk subsystem in particular, you might consider adding a second physical hard drive. Below you make mention of placing all of the primary components on their own partitions (good thinking) but did not mention the system page file (swap space). You really don't want that thing sitting on the same partition as the OS. It can become a real pain in terms of defragmenting the partition/drive and is a performance issue. I'd encourage you to add a second drive and configure it with two partitions: one for the swap space and the second for the mail spool. Good luck! Sean Malone University of Dallas ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Bud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:09:19 -0400 >On 6/25/02, Smart Business Lists penned: >> My opinion is that a clean install is always preferable to an >> upgrade when all other things are equal. Your biggest issue really >> is migrating users from Access to whatever you decide to use. I >> don't see much benefit to migrate 6 and then upgrade but others may >> disagree. I believe I would install clean and then migrate one >> domain just to see how it works. > >Thanks Terry. I just KNEW there was someone out there. I agree that >I'd much rather do a clean install of 7.1, but I still need the best >way to migrate domains and users from 6.05/Access to 7.1/IMail DB or >SQL Svr. > >ANy other responses are certainly welcome. > >Original Message>>> > >OK, I posted a message Saturday asking for advice in setting up a new >IMail server. I didn't get a single response (much to my dismay). > >Here is the setup, I know it's not much of a box but I've only got >about 500 users. We don't offer any dialup service and I steer most >folks toward using their ISP's SMTP server. Many block port 25 now >anyway. I've got maybe a dozen with static IPs that I allow relaying >for. Most also simply have their mail forwarded so they don't even >use the POP3 service. I can't picture having more than a couple >thousand users any time in the foreseeable future. > >Intel ATA66 motherboard >III 550 Mz, 256K cache processor >ATA 80 GB harddrive >512 MB RAM > >I just ordered the 3COM 3C980C-TXM nic since the box has a NetGear in >it and I haven't read good things about it. > >I formatted the drive with a 12 GB system partition, 4 GB partition >for the apps, 4 GB partition for the spool and the rest for the >mailboxes. > >I'll be migrating users over from my web server/mail server. Right >now I'm using an Access database. I'll either be switching over to >the IMail database or SQL Server 2000, which I have available. > >So, here are my questions: > >Pros/cons in using the IMail database vs SQL Server? > >I'm running IMail 6.05 now. I have a copy of 7.1 sitting here. I'd >like to go with 7.1 while I'm migrating. Is it ready for prime time? > >If yes to above, should I install 6.05, migrate the users over, then >upgrade? Uninstall 7.1 on the new box and upgrade the existing box to >7.1 and SQL Server (if I go with SQL Server) then move it over? It >looks like migrating the users over to the same version then >upgrading will be pretty straight forward. Or would it be best to do >a clean install of 7.1? If a clean install would be best, anyone have >suggestions or a link to the best migration path? >-- > >Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations > >_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ >ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.twcreations.com/ >954.721.3452 > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
