RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-12 Thread Paul Hutchings
load balancer, or a single Windows VM acting as the CAS? From: Paul Hutchings [paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 02 February 2012 12:31 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? So what is the pro of that approach over

Re: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Webster
Admin Issues mailto:exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:07:41 + To: Admin Issues mailto:exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? You pays your money, you takes your chances. I see a lot of investment ov

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Steve Goodman
th use RPC direct at the moment. Steve From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 02 February 2012 12:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? So what is the pro of that approach over doing LB for RPC too? Keeping in mind I'm

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
n the level and cost of LB required. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 02 February 2012 12:15 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? Yep. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yep. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:52 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? Even on the LAN

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
vieg.org]> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:18 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? I don't think there is a particular downside. When the US wakes up I am sure Michael may have a different take, but assigning a static port avoids having to

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? I don't think there is a particular downside. When the US wakes up I am sure Michael may have a different take, but assigning a static port avoids having to load balance a large number of TCP/IP ports for RPC. In essence to set static

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
Specific load balancer or just a shedload of mappings? From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 02 February 2012 11:23 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? I'll say now that we don't use static ports. From: bounce-94

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Sobey, Richard A
stry entries on each server that's part of the array hosting the CAS role. Steve From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: 02 February 2012 11:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Steve Goodman
ach server that's part of the array hosting the CAS role. Steve From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 02 February 2012 11:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? And to balance RPC I guess I'm back where I starte

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
mperial.ac.uk]> Sent: 02 February 2012 10:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? Doesn't "stay running" and "high availability" mean approximately the same thing?! :) I'm a bit confused how you've got a CAS array b

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Steve Goodman
8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]> On Behalf Of Paul Hutchings Sent: 02 February 2012 09:46 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? This is clearly where I have a lot of reading to do. To clarify, high availability isn't the absolute end-go

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
Sent: 02 February 2012 10:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? Doesn't "stay running" and "high availability" mean approximately the same thing?! :) I'm a bit confused how you've got a CAS array but you're

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Sobey, Richard A
ad balancing MAPI though. Richard From: bounce-9482517-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9482517-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hutchings Sent: 02 February 2012 09:46 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? This

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
sn't either :) From: Steve Goodman [mailto:st...@stevieg.org] Sent: 01 February 2012 23:00 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? +1 on Kemp in particular, I have been recommending them to my customers when faced with a similar decision. Just a hea

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
ssues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? A couple of things: keep in mind that loadbalancer.org (and the other companies) are in business to sell load balancers. Therefore they recommend you LB everything. Most companies get along just fine with only doing ports 80 and 443

Re: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-01 Thread PRamatowski
e Goodman [mailto:st...@stevieg.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 05:59 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? +1 on Kemp in particular, I have been recommending them to my customers when faced with a similar decision. Just a heads-up, pricing wise for a

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-01 Thread Steve Goodman
Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? I don't know anything about loadbalancer.org (I'll go take a look later), but the appliances from either Kemp or Coyote Point work just fine and you don't have to do anything with RPC ports. I have both widely deployed with clien

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
ge Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? I don't know anything about loadbalancer.org (I'll go take a look later), but the appliances from either Kemp or Coyote Point work just fine and you don't have to do anything with RPC ports. I have both widely depl

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
I don't know anything about loadbalancer.org (I'll go take a look later), but the appliances from either Kemp or Coyote Point work just fine and you don't have to do anything with RPC ports. I have both widely deployed with clients. (I've also got expensive ones deployed - but for "most" compani