Until I simplified my setup at home (noise...) I had ESX using iSCSI mounted remote vmfs stores with Exchange also storing db's on iSCSI mounted volumes. Worked well for over a year without a single issue. jlc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scot Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:06 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server > > I've been running Exchange 2007 on VMWare with databases and logs on our SAN. > I've been live for two months, and so far, everything is running great. > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:02 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server > > Lots of people are putting Exchange 2007 on VMWare. ESX is VMWare ESX > Server. > http://www.vmware.com/landing_pages/exchange_solution.html > > 16,000 Mailboxes on one server with VMWare > http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/03/16000-exchange.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:09 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server > > Thanks for the info. I was looking at a mostly high side Dell Optiplex tower > or a precision workstation as the basis. By the time I get home I should > have a full TechNet DVD set waiting for me. Letting it blow up and rebuild > on a regular basis will give me some experience in virtual disaster recovery > as well. > > I am very much of the old school training, one server one > application/service. Virtual machines are a whole new area for me to wrap my > head around. > > Anyone know of a good list I can subscribe to that's centered around MS > virtual server? > > Please define ESX for me? > > Thanks. > > > John H. Matteson, Jr. > Systems Administrator/ITT Systems > FOB Orgun-E > Afghanistan > DSN - 318 431 8001 > VoSIP - (308) 431 - 0000 > Iridium - 717.633.3823 > Roshain - 079 - 736 - 3832 > > "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in > America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among you to > trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and > Stripes." Woodrow Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:25 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server > > I run about a 8-12 vm ESX server with a win2k3r2 dc and exchange 2007 on a > win2k3r2 64 bit server. My dc has 512meg ram and my exchange server has > ~1.5gb. > This is all off a core 2 duo 1.8 GHz (slow) and I think 6gig ram. There are > a few other vm's running windows, CentOS and FreeBSD on it... > > It runs reliably. > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
