On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote:
> Are archive mailboxes going to be on the same mailstore as the primary > mailboxes? > Yes > Will you be using single item recovery? > Single Item Recovery is enabled and the deleted retention window is configured to be 30 days Calculation can be taken from there: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2009/09/25/3408389.aspx > > > Have you planned/projected your IOPS requirements on a per-user basis? > No, we are planning to use stress jet tools in a test environment > > > How will the SAN disks be presented to the MB servers? FC? iSCSI? > SCSI > > > If iSCSI, do your NICs/switches/routers all support jumbo frames? > Yes > > > How many copies of each database in the DAG? This configuration cries out > for 4! > 4 indeed > > What, if any, is the backup requirement? > Not yet decided but Norton comes in the first place as a backup solution > > > I don’t see any inherently bad design choices. As you can see, a number of > questions immediately appeared in my mind. > Thank you > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Al Rose [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2011 8:12 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Design 2010 for 5000 mailboxes > > > > Dear all, > > > > Just looking for some feedback about real life implementation numbers. > > > > The company i work for is looking at setting-up an Exchange 2010 > environment for roughly 2000 users and additionnaly around 3000 Functionnal > mailboxes, the total of mailboxes should soon evolve to 10 000. > > > > Mailbox size limit will be 2GB per user, archive per mailbox 5GB, deleted > item retention of 30 days. > > First deployment for 5000 users will require at least 5000x2x5=50 TB of > Data + Deleted Items > > Each mailbox server wil be presented with 80 TB of available space. > > > > Hardware has already been purchased and will consist of HP Blade Bl460c > servers with 2 x Hex 2.93 CPUs, mailbox servers will have 48GB of RAM, > Public Folders 12 GB, CAS/HUB servers 24GB. > > > > There will be 2 MBX servers in each site (so 4 in total spread accross 2 > sites connected with a 10GB redundant link). > > There will also be 2x2 CAS/HUB servers (4 servers will participate in a CAS > array) and 2 Public Folders servers. > > > > Storage design has been made and it is decided to use JBOD (P2000 SCSI SAN > disks shipped with 2TB SATA disks 7.2K rpm), each server will be presented > 42x2TB SAN disks (no raid) and these disks will be mounted as folders to the > Operating System. > > So 42 folders for 42 databases. Each server will hold 10 active databases > and 30 passive databases. > > > > There will a replication VLAN for DAG, a production VLAN (2 teamed Network > cards on each server), a Backup VLAN (1 NIC on each server) and an > administration VLAN. > > > > We have not yet tested this setup but i was hoping in regards to this > figures if you guys could eventually point out some evident bad design > issues if any. > > > > Thank you. > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
