The budget for the software isn't an issue for us. Microsoft is on our board of directors, and so supplies us with software at no cost. If we had to pay for the software, it would probably be another story, but even then I would still pull for Outlook/Exchange. I think the Outlook/Exchange combination is one of the best ways to handle the type of email we deal with, which is mostly project based and so the shared folders model works great.
Thanks, Erick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Herrera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:23 PM Subject: RE: Server capacity > 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 outdated and you have a very limited budget, have you thought of using 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] > _________________________________________________________________ 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]
