I honestly cant say. However your company may want to think of this. They are spending a considerable amount of money for the software alone. Shouldn't that same consideration be given to the hardware? Nobody is going to be happy with the current scenario once it is in place. And as Ed said, since the hardware is history, if you have a hardware issue, you are liable to find yourself stuck between a rock and a hard place. Nobody is going to want to wait a week while you bid on RAID board from eBay. I would urge your company or whoever to either think about holding off on this project until you can get the funds for a server, or spend the money on one now.
-----Original Message----- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:15 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Server capacity I know it is well beyond end-of-life, but given our financial constraints, is it useable? I don't have the resources to do a proper stress test to see how response times would be under a ~30-50 user load. If it takes 45 seconds for a user to open their inbox, then I will have a good reason to say that we need something with more muscle. I haven't set up an Exchange server before, so I don't know what kind of load it puts on systems. Erick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: RE: Server capacity > Even if it was, that machine is well beyond end-of-life. > > 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 Martin > Blackstone > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:05 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Server capacity > > > I don't think E2k or even W2K is recommended on a Ppro system. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:05 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Server capacity > > > I am hoping that I can get some feedback on a server configuration. I > have a Compaq Proliant 6500, dual PPro 200, 256 MB ram, and 7 x 4.3GB > drives in RAID 5 with a hot spare. I want to set this system up as an > Exchange 2000 server for about 30 local users, and another 20 via OWA. > The email load will be fairly heavy, and there will be a lot of use of > shared folders and calendars. > > I'm concerned about taking the time to set the server up, get Exchange > up and running, only to find that it's running too slowly for the > users to be productive. I know more is better, but this is a > non-profit with a very limited budget, so I want to make sure we have > what we need. Is this server going to be a serious bottleneck? > > Thanks, > Erick > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
