I rather agree with one server per major application. Two where redundancy is important, and you can afford it.
But that should still be no more than a handful of servers in most environments of 100 users... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Do you all like fewer or more servers? I only have a hundred users. Been doing this for about 12 years. I always thought it was better to have more or less one major server per service. That way, if one of our services came down or needed work, I wouldn't be taking down the entire system. I have a buddy with fewer users than me and he has 20+ servers. Some in the air (virtual), some on the ground. I have seven servers running. Both of us host our web services at an outside firm. Both of us use Exchange. An outside firm says we should go with only a couple of servers. That sure would make things easier, but... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
