I wouldn't characterize that advantage as a "performance benefit".
Creating two or more storage groups with that configuration could actually reduce performance since the two would be competing for the same log drive. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Scharff Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:42 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: New Exchange 2000 Install That's not entirely true I think. Even if all databases have the same recoverability requirements there is potential savings of restoration time in using multiple databases or storage groups if just one edb fails. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:36 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: New Exchange 2000 Install > > With only one set of spindles for information store, there is no > performance benefit to be had from multiple storage groups or > databases. > > If you have a set of mailboxes that have differing recoverability > requirements, you might consider making them a separate storage group. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:29 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: New Exchange 2000 Install > > > 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] > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
