Jason, We have been running one of our Exchange servers as an E2K3/W2K3 cluster for a few months now and will be going live with all our Exchange servers on clusters in a few months as soon as Sophos release a cluster-aware version of Mailmonitor. Virus protection is all that has stopped us going live now.
Sure it doesn't protect against database corruption but that's what you do backups for. The real beauty of a cluster is that you can take one of the pair down for hardware or software maintenance without users moaning about downtime. Believe me its not harder to administer and its certainly no worse than a non-clustered Exchange server, do go for the 2003 version because its much better than 2000 - both O/S and Exchange. Regards Brian **************************************************** Brian Davies - Network Operations Manager University of East London E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0208 223 2091 Mobile: 07711 198349 **************************************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Clishe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 November 2003 22:11 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Looking for anti-clustering arguments > > > OK, I know the majority of this list is against clustering > Exchange. But does anyone have some sound reasoning behind > this argument that could be used to convince someone at the > executive level? I don't think many executives are too > compassionate for the "it's harder to administer" argument. > And I need more ammo than just saying that clusters won't > protect you from database corruption anyway. > > Thanks > > Jason > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
