Friends don't let friends cluster Exchange...
(Am I sounding a little repetitive here? I seem to say that alot) -----Original Message----- From: Finch Brett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions I will spare the gory 'political' details as we are in the midst of trying to consolidate 35 '5.5' Exchange servers in 35 domains to as little servers as possible. We're looking at an Exchange 2K3 rollout and probably a hybrid AD using MS's meta directory (maybe). The real question is I am looking for real world experience with something similar to what we are going to from a Exchange 2K shop. Essentially we'll be looking at 5,000 users (.5 GB per mailbox) to start with another 5,000 in phase 2 and 5,000 more in phase 3. With a new 2K3 AD, we'll probably consider at least 2 DC's and one dedicated server for OWA. The main mail servers and storage is really the number cruncher. It's looking like a 3 server cluster and external storage (AV also has to be factored). All client stations will be on at least 10 if not 100 switched lines, GB speed on the WAN backbone. I have gone to Dell and other places to run the traditional load 'configuration wizard' and I have always preferred to error on the side of you can never have too much power. I would like to hear from people using SAN's or the like to account for TB size storage and backup. How close was the configuration load wizards to what you really required. Thanks _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
