To address Steven's question far below... > > Thoughts, ideas?
Put the logs and database on different physical drives. Makes a hell of a difference under load. All the best, Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 5. august 2003 23:23 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Server hardware specs for E2K3 (WAS: E2K > Forest/Domain-prep on Wi n2003 Domain?) > > Gosh, some companies are truly humorless, aren't they... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:14 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Server hardware specs for E2K3 (WAS: E2K > Forest/Domain-prep > on Wi n2003 Domain?) > > > No SearchBastard for me > > The Web site you are attempting to access > http://www.searchbastard.com/ > is prohibited under the Spherion Internet Usage Policy and has been > blocked/restricted. Do not attempt to disable, defeat or circumvent > this Company security function. Violation of Spherion's > Internet Usage > Policy will be reported to your supervisor and may result in > disciplinary action, up to and including termination. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:41 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Server hardware specs for E2K3 (WAS: E2K > Forest/Domain-prep > on Wi n2003 Domain?) > > Hmm... I'm all distracted trying to figure out this google thing. Who > knew > there was any other search engine on the planet beyond > www.searchbastard.com? Why would anyone bother? > > Dual proc would help, but bumping up the RAM would probably help more. > If > you could only do one, I'd choose the latter. Beyond that... > With users > who'd fall into my 'typical category' I'd imagine you'd > likely be OK (at > the > very least you will be no worse of with E2K3 on this config than you > would > be with E2K on it). To be clear this is a new box correct? Because the > one > downside[1] to a 5.5 to E2K3 migration is that you can't do > it in place, > but > need to swing to new hardware. > > > [1] I see it as a bonus personally. [2] > [2] Seriously. > > > > From: "Dickenson, Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:27:09 -0400 > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Server hardware specs for E2K3 (WAS: E2K Forest/Domain-prep > on Wi > > n2003 Domain?) > > > > I guess the question about is it worth the money was more > hypothetical. > > I've since gotten an updated price of $370, which IS worth it to me. > > > > As far as hardware goes, I'm looking for a general "should be okay", > or "not > > a good idea". > > > > My PRIV is 6GB, PUB 30MB. About 450 mailboxes. On average, 50 > clients > > connected at a time, with a maximum of 250 (that's how many PCs we > have). > > No idea what the mail volume is. I'm ashamed to say I'm > not sure how > to > > track it. > > > > We would be running E2K3 SE with McAfee GroupShield on > Win2k3 Standard > > Server. > > > > Hardware is P3600, 784MB of RAM, hardware RAID, 18GB RAID1 > OS/Pagefile/Apps, > > 33GB RAID1 Data/Logs. I can go dual proc if it will help. > > > > Thoughts, ideas? > > > > Steven > > --- > > Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Network Administrator > > The Key School, Annapolis Maryland > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:10 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: E2K Forest/Domain-prep on Win2003 Domain? > > > > > > The hardware requirements for E2K3 vs E2K are generally equivalent, > whether > > that hardware is sufficient for you org is not really > something I can > say > > with any degree of certainty. It meets the minimum hardware > requirements I > > believe. > > > > Whether or not it is worth $1000 for you is not really a question I > can > > answer. It is for customers who hire me to do the work, since I > performed my > > last E2K migration the weekend after TechEd and haven't looked back > since. > > > >> From: "Dickenson, Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:03:45 -0400 > >> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: RE: E2K Forest/Domain-prep on Win2003 Domain? > >> > >> I have considered that, however we have Exchange 2000 EE > free as part > of > > an > >> upgrade advantage purchased with Exchange 5.5 EE. > Upgrading to E2K3 > EE > >> would cost me upwards of $1000. Is it worth it? In > addition, I will > be > >> doing the install on a P3600 with 512MB of RAM and 3 18GB RAID1 > arrays. > > Can > >> the hardware cope well? > >> > >> PS - What the he11 does IMNSHO mean? > >> > >> Steven > >> --- > >> Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Network Administrator > >> The Key School, Annapolis Maryland > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:58 PM > >> To: Exchange Discussions > >> Subject: Re: E2K Forest/Domain-prep on Win2003 Domain? > >> > >> > >> IMNSHO upgrading to W2K at this point is a waste of time. If you're > going > > to > >> upgrade, upgrade to E2K3. It greatly simplifies the upgrade process > from > >> Exchange 5.5 and offers a number of significant enhancement which > make it > > a > >> much more compelling upgrade story than E2K. > >> > >>> From: "Dickenson, Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:29:31 -0400 > >>> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Subject: E2K Forest/Domain-prep on Win2003 Domain? > >>> > >>> Hi guys, > >>> I'm getting ready to add a Windows 2003 DC to my Win2k AD network, > >>> which will eventually be an all Win2k3 AD domain. > However, I'm also > >>> planning an Exchange 2000 upgrade in a matter of weeks. > My question > is, > >>> will I be able to run Forestprep and Domainprep against the Win2k3 > AD? > > Or > >>> should I do this before adding the Win2k3 AD DC? NOTE: I will not > be > >>> installing Exchange 2000 on a Win2003 box (for obvious reasons). > >> > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > >> Web Interface: > >> > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_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&t > ext_mode=& > lang > > =e > >> nglish > >> 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&t > ext_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&t > ext_mode=& > lang=e > > nglish > > 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&t > ext_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&t > ext_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&t > ext_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]
