Hmm.. I agree with it be used for testing purposes in VMWARE or in Virtual server, but not in a I/O intensive enviroment where you have several hundred users.
Sincerely, Jose Medeiros ADP | National Account Services ProBusiness Division | Information Services 925.737.7967 | 408-449-6621 CELL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; # Jose Medeiros-IBM (E-mail) Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware Ultimate bare metal restore capability on any hardware comes to mind :-) Ultimate Patch rollback..... Supported imaging of a SBS/DC? :-) While we don't have UNC rollback issues because of our single DC, the threat of getting that box back online as soon as you can for a small firm. Read this -- http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2005/10/25/72869.aspx In the wake of Katrina, Rita, Wilma...think about it..... We have a few SBSers that are Vserver'ing a TS box under a SBS on beefy hardware. Honestly I had more issues with MSDE instances sucking up and not letting go than I did with Exchange. I'm not worried about Exchange on my DC. If I get any more apps asking to put an MSDE instance on my server, Brett's Jet's databases will be outnumbered. IMHO MSDE is the 'suckage' I'm worried about. Medeiros, Jose wrote: > Hi Tony, > > I have to respond to this. Many IT managers think you can just virtualize any > application because of all the marketing hype. Be very careful, I/O is > critical to Exchange and any other database application which may make > running it on VMWARE or VIRTUAL SERVER unpractical not to mention Exchange is > also very resource intensive and will take whatever it can. Now I am sure if > you have a very small environment that it may make sense, but with Microsoft > Small Business server why would you want to? > > Any body else car to throw in there two cents? > > Sincerely, > Jose Medeiros > ADP | National Account Services > ProBusiness Division | Information Services > 925.737.7967 | 408-449-6621 CELL > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Murray > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] [OT] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware > > > Microsoft has introduced support for Exchange 2003 SP2 and later on Virtual > Server 2005 R2. This article has just been released. > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320220 > > I guess this means we can now run a DC and Exchange on the same physical > hardware without any of the previous limitations. > > Tony > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > -- Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? http://www.threatcode.com List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
