thanks i already have that article printed out. thanks for the info ..and yes i am going to be running advanced server with exchange enterprise...any insight on the breakdown of storage groups (how many mailboxes per) etc.
thanks, BOb C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Cornetet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:15 AM Subject: RE: New Exchange 2000 Install > I think you are on the right track. If you do anything different, add more > RAM. > > BTW, With 3GB you will need to use the boot.ini switch /3GB, which requires > windows 2000 advance server. Otherwise, your apps (Exchange) will only get > 2GB > > See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q266096 for more > details. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:12 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: New Exchange 2000 Install > > > Hello everybody, > > just looking for a little guidance/insight on a new project im looking at > doing. i have exchange 5.5 running at 3 different companies and > understand how it works, etc. > > for the college that i work for, they want me to deploy a exchange 2000 > server that will host 2000 mail accounts. i just need some guidance of > where i should go to design our server for this many users and how to set > up exchange. i wanted to split the users onto a couple servers but money > doesnt allow this right now. > > this is the hardware i have to work with. i have a dell 6400 with dual > PIII 1.0ghz xeons with 2 megs of cache. i have 3 gigs of ram and 7 hard > drives to work with with a perc RAID controller. i was going to configure > raid 1 for the OS and another RAID 1 set for the log files, then use the > last 3 drives in a raid 5 config for the databases. > > i have some whitepapers from microsoft on how to set up the server with > that many users but they dont really get into details. any help is > greatly appreciated! > > thanks for your time, > > Bob C. > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
