On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:00:25 -0500 Jason Joines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We just got a new CIO at the university where I work. One thing he
is about to do is get rid of all the different mail systems and have one big combined system for all employees and students. That'll be about 50,000 users.
At the moment the predominant faculty/staff mail system is Lotus Domino on windows 2k and the predominant system for students is Sun Internet Mail Server on Solaris. He intends to replace these with ms exchange on windows 2k. There is a small chance he will listen to suggestions to consider non-exchange options.
Any suggestions?
If he's serious about Exchange with 50k+ users, I suggest you find a new job (the recent posting to this list comes to mind). Not even M$ can get this to work. You'll need one exchange server per 500 users (so 100+ Win2k systems running Exchange should work) -- or, one Linux box using something like PowerMail (and PostgreSQL), although I'd suggest 3 systems for good failover capability.
Also, the PowerMail solution will cost you about half a million $$$ less and not have nearly the headaches. BTW, to run 100+ Win2k servers, you'll need at least 10 more Windoze admins too (not included in above cost savings estimate, so estimate over $1,000,000 in savings per year).
OTOH, if this guys importance is measured in terms of the size of his budget and not his successful accomplishments, only M$ will do. M$, the empire builders' dream.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. Nemesis Racing Team motto GPG key autoresponder: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone know what posting this refers to and where I can find it, "If he's serious about Exchange with 50k+ users, I suggest you find a new job (the recent posting to this list comes to mind). Not even M$ can get this to work."?
Thanks,
Jason ===========
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