The M: drive (M for Mail) just has to be a throwback to the old Microsoft Mail days. Someone on the Exchange team got a little nostalgic, perhaps?
Phil --------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 03 January 2002 17:10 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Basic Exchange 2K questions > > > Hello, > > Are there any articles out there that explain why there are such > radical changes since Exchange 5.x -> 2000? > > For example, maybe all of you can shed some light on 3 questions: > > 1. In 5.x - part of the install was a performance test of the system > and all the hard drives - and it would suggest or let you specify > where the message store and log files should go. > > 2. Why is Active Directory such a huge component of Exchange 2000 > functioning? > > 3. Why the heck does most of the data reside on a single drive by > default? This question sort of reverts back to question #1 - > and it just seems silly for the install process to not want to > take advantage of multiple volumes, for performance reasons. > > 4. What's up with this "M" Drive? I know it's a virtual drive, but > it's just such an odd way for storing data. Especially when you > are trying to view the contents of the M Drive - you can only do > it inside of Explorer, or Browsing through Folders. If you try > to expand the tree inside of the IIS Utility, it gives an error > of not being able to list all the subdirectories. It's just plain > weird. > > Thank you ALL so much for your answers - > > Best Regards, > > Mike > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
