The right answer does vary quite a bit and those who have done the work in production environments to gather the stats are, in general not terribly willing to give away that expertise without a consulting engagement.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Schwartz, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 7:50 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Routing group bandwidth requirements > > > I guess the point of it would be YMMV. Depending on your > traffic patterns, your need to regulate traffic between sites > by size and or times or to throttle the connection. With E2K > you put in your best guess and if it's not what you need, > it's not that hard to change it. We have two main data > centers with dual OC3's between them. I was going to have all > the servers in one great big routing group and if the network > folks whine about all the chatter, then I'll split them in two. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 1:39 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Routing group bandwidth requirements > > > Exchange 2000 resource kit chapter 31 "Reliable always on > connectivity is more important that high bandwdth" this is > the only reference I could find. > > There is also a white paper from MS but all it says is > "Generally, servers within a routing group are connected by a > high speed network" > > I have seen the text in the E2k reskit repeated more times > than the whitepaper. > > There must be some stats out there!? > > Leo > > > I find it very hard to believe there are no stats available as yet, > > surely there are enough installations out there for MS to put their > > hands up and give some detail. > > > > Leo > > > > > Just buttering you up so you'll buy me beer. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: missy koslosky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:55 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Re: Routing group bandwidth requirements > > > > > > > > > While I appreciate your confidence, this is actually me just > > > guessing. But since MS doesn't care to provide any hard > numbers, I > > > took a WAG at what I would do, were it my client's > environment I was > > > designing. > > > > > > M > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Andy David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:47 PM > > > Subject: RE: Routing group bandwidth requirements > > > > > > > > > Im Missy's case, Im betting on real life experience. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:45 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: Routing group bandwidth requirements > > > > > > > > > > > > Based on what? Gut feeling? Or any actual stats? The > only reason > > > I ask is that there's a distinct lack of any best > practice or stats > > > yet. My understanding is that, since SMTP is asynchronous, it can > > > still work in low bandwidth environments without the timeouts > > > associated with RPCs. So in theory, messages would just queue if > > > there's not enough bandwidth. > > > > > > So the thinking then becomes that we only know how low we > can go if > > > we know what sort of traffic we're gonna get... > > > > > > Neil > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: missy koslosky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: 23 > > > May 2002 17:11 Posted To: Swynk Exchange List > > > Conversation: Routing group bandwidth requirements > > > Subject: Re: Routing group bandwidth requirements > > > > > > > > > Well, it's more important that the bandwidth is highly available > > > than it is for the bandwidth to be, say 10 Mb. But I'd say that > > > your low limit for connectivity would be somewhere around > 128 Kbps - > > > but would prefer to see 256 Kbps or better with an RG. > > > > > > Missy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Leo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:55 AM > > > Subject: Routing group bandwidth requirements > > > > > > > > > What are the typical bandwidth requirements within a > routing group. > > > Are there any documented guidelines available? > > > > > > Regards > > > Leo > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > > > > ************************************************* > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > > intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is > > > addressed. 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