RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange OT:

[Michael B. Smith]

Title: Re: Exchange OT:

To which I would also add that you should not exclude the time required to generate a recovery server in your environment sufficient to support your Exchange requirements, include the time to install and configure Exchange, and Exchange 2003 sp1 has some significant recovery optimizations.   As Rick implied, just like SQL, if your budget allows, significant time can be saved if your Exchange stores are backed up to disk instead of tape. (Or if you’ve got a really big budget, to SAN with VSS.)   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Boza Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 9:24 AM To: ActiveDir List Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Exchange OT:   I’m not sure what you mean by ‘directly from the database to another server.’ Do you mean ‘how long does it take to copy all mailboxes from one server to another?’  If so that’s going to depend on many factors, not the least of which is connectivity between the boxes. If you mean how long to restore from tape, you’re typically looking at about 7.5 Gigs per hour, plus an hour to decide you actually need to do a restore (in my experience folks troubleshoot and debate the need to restore for at least one hour before the restore is kicked off).  So a 40 GB PRIV would take roughly 6 hours plus one for the lead in. This is assuming a pretty conventional recovery plan, meaning regular full backups and whatnot.  There are other ways to approach backup and restore depending on how big your budget is! On 10/24/04 9:11 AM, "Blair, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To to the amazinly diverse audience out there: I am putting together a disaster recovery procedure and was wondering  how long it would take to restore mailboxes directly from the database to an  aleternate e-mail server. Is there any baselines out there or does anyone have any personal experience? Lets say database is 40GB...   James