Talk them into using a proxy server to "publish" their front-end server to the Internet.
Benefits: 1. You can make the non-clustered FE server the first server in site without, as Ed points out, having SRS in the DMZ. 2. Much easier to secure a dedicated proxy in a DMZ (one port in, one out) 3. For a few extra bucks, the proxy can do the SSL stuff, offloading some cycles from the FE server. Some possibilities: 1. Network Appliance netcache. 2. MS ISA server. 3. Apache web server in proxy mode. (To my knowledge, this combination has never been tried) -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:39 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: E2K Clustering advice Building the non-clustered front-end as the first server in the site would mean that your Site Replication Server would reside in the DMZ. That's even worse than a front-end server in a DMZ; I agree with your opinion on that. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dubyn Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:15 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: E2K Clustering advice For those that have done this, I'm looking for some advice on clustering E2K. I have a customer with an existing Exchange 5.5 site (1 server) who wants to setup 1 Exchange 2K Front-End server in the DMZ and then have a single Exchange 2K cluster on the inside. I'm trying to talk them out of OWA altogether and to use Nfuse instead, but the customer seems to have predetermined this is what they need. As for the clustering, I don't see how it's really going to benefit them - only if the motherboard or memory fails, or for scheduled maintenance on one of the nodes. The rest of the server is fault tolerant (power supply, NIC, disks) Anyway, as per http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316886 , an Exchange 2000 cluster cannot be the first Exchange 2000 server in a site. I'm trying to figure out if the nonclustered Front End server work as the first server in the site? It seems that this can be done, but that the system folders have to be rehomed elsewhere. Can these be rehomed on the cluster? If so, how? Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks! _________________________________________________________________ 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]
