I agree, but am curious as too how many users at each site? Do you really need one at each location. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Seielstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:40 AM Subject: RE: Advice on infrastructure design
> Switch to x.400 connectors. There is precious little difference, at the > network level, between Site Connectors and intrasite communications - they > both rely entirely on RPC connectivity, which frankly blows across unstable > or tempermental WANs. > > Alternately (since you'd need to own Enterprise to use x.400 connectors), > you could also use the IMS as your connector, but I find x.400 easier to use > for connector purposes. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Niki Blowfield - Exchange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:26 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Advice on infrastructure design > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > I hope you will excuse me if this seems like an amateurish > > question to ask, > > but I think we need to revise our setup, and are not in a > > position to hire a > > consultant. > > > > Currently, we have 5 offices connected to each other via ADSL > > links, using > > Sonicwall routers and their VPN capabilities. > > > > Our Exchange Setup is 1 site with 5 servers. We've had the > > odd problem in > > the past when the ADSL links have gone down, and messages > > have been lost. > > Not often, but once or twice > > > > It was suggested to me here that we should configure each > > server as residing > > in a different site, and configure site connectors > > > > I now have an issue where one server experiences massive delays when > > delivering messages to other servers (8 hours in some cases). > > On closer > > inspection, I see lots of MTA errors regarding RPC communication. When > > running RPC Ping, it says it failed to bind to the other > > servers on all > > protocols > > > > If we are to revise our configuration, will it be best for me to move > > mailboxes from 1 server to what I call our central server > > which will be > > remaining in the site its in, then delete the old server, re-install > > exchange into a new site in the existing organisation, and move the > > mailboxes back? > > > > Thanks for any advice > > > > Nik > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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]
