RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
March 04, 2010 4:01 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers We do have 4 webmail servers. The two in the DMZ are load balanced using MS NLB and used for External staff i.e ones at home to access webmail The two internal are also load balanced again using MS

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-04 Thread Ellis, John P.
the MBX Stores? Whats MoMT & DoMT & MailTips? Thanks John -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 March 2010 17:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers A couple of things going on. First th

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
esday, March 03, 2010 12:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers Makes sense. I'm definitely not up to speed on Exchange 2010 yet, thought there might have been a change in guidance is all. I had thought I read NLB is no longer supported with Exch

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Barsodi.John
ost hijack. Thanks, JB -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:26 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers A couple of things going on. First the OP said he currently has four server

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
ilto:john.bars...@igt.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers Any reason to separate CAS and HT servers with EX2010? I run EX2007SP1 with CAS/HT on the same boxes that are Load Balanced. No real performance probl

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Barsodi.John
upgrade to Exchange 2010 from our 2007 env. Thanks, JB -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 8:51 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers So...I would probably do a six-se

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Message- From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers Hi Michael Has the recommended RAM requirement changed for 2010? The reason I ask is that our mailbox servers [

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Sobey, Richard A
Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers So...I would probably do a six-server deployment of Exchange itself: 2 CAS, 2 HT, 2 MBX (one primary DAG and a secondary DAG). All of these are inside the firewall. In Exchange 2010 you only need ports 443 (for OWA, ActiveSync, Autodisc

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
nsultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:42 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers We use Netbackup and the backups are currently done to a NetApp bo

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Ellis, John P.
Ahh of course! John -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 March 2010 15:44 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers Microsoft Office Communicator. The OCS client. Let me think a bit. :-) Regards, Micha

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers We use Netbackup and the backups are currently done to a NetApp box. Some are cache mode (don't know how many). The majority are online mode OCS has not been finalised yet, I suspect it will mostly be internal usage Whats MO

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Ellis, John P.
:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 March 2010 15:37 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers How do you do backup? Are all of your users using Outlook? Are they cached mode or online mode? In regards to OCS, are you going to be federating with external organizatio

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers Apologies for not giving

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Ellis, John P.
-Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 March 2010 12:08 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers What's the load on the existing servers? Without that information; it's pretty difficult to answer your ques

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Ellis, John P.
Im getting some stats together . Watch this white space. Lol. John -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 March 2010 12:08 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers What's the load on the existing servers

re: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread pramatowski
Do we still need Hub/CAS servers with 2010? And again 3 email servers with DAS or NAS? Or just lots of discs with a replication to a NAS box? Ive been hunting for a network diagram of an example layouts but not had much luck yet, anyone have any? Can't speak to 2007, just getting our head

RE: Exchange 2007 & 2010 servers

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
What's the load on the existing servers? Without that information; it's pretty difficult to answer your question. You can easily put 4500 users on a single mailbox server in Exchange 2007/2010. (Of course, you'll want a failover box too.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP h