John, Check out the ex server config tool at Dell. I just run it with your config and came back with two dual pro 2550 in FE/BE config, but I would take it with some salt.
/Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Matteson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:51 PM Subject: RE: Exchange Configuration Tools > Maybe I should have made myself more clear. > > I have one server for mailboxes. I have another that serves as the > bridgehead for the site. I'm willing to split the functions (connections and > mailboxes) the same way, but would like to keep all the mailboxes on one > server, if at all possible. > > I'm currently reading Tony Redmond's book as well as a companion book by > Pierre Bijaoui. They are helping, but its vapor right now, and I'm looking > for something that can help translate theory into something that I can wrap > my brain around. > > John Matteson; Exchange Manager > Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards > (404) 239 - 2981 > > Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter don't mind, > and those who mind don't matter. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:44 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange Configuration Tools > > > IMHO one box is certainly not enough, but 4 is probably too many. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Matteson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 12:37 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Exchange Configuration Tools > > > Good Afternoon to you all: > > I've searched the archives and have downloaded Compaq server > configuration tool for use with Exchange 2000, but I seem to be futzing the > configuration somehow. When I generate a configuration for what I have > currently (850 users, 65 Gbyte Private information store, average mailbox is > 88Mbytes, heavy users) I get back a recommended configuration of 4 servers > with a total of 52 disk drives and none of the server have more than 512 > Mbytes of RAM. Currently I have this all on one server (quad 400 MHZ box, 1 > Gbyte of RAM) under NT 4.0 SP6a. > > Anyone have a suggestion on where I should look for different tools > to generate up a suggested configuration for an equivalent configuration > under Win2K/E2K? > > John Matteson; Exchange Manager > Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards > (404) 239 - 2981 > > Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter don't mind, > and those who mind don't matter. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
