I know this may be a bad forum for this, but since your box is so outdated and you have a very limited budget, have you thought of using Linux and sendmail/qmail/postfix etc for email and squirrelmail/imp/ etc for webmail? This would allow you to use your current hardware with no expense other than your time and (maybe) a slight learning curve.
-Jorge Herrera A turn-key solution that you can evaluate would be SME Server http://www.e-smith.org/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Erick Thompson Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:15 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]
