Don't use any of the onboard NICs from Dell. Purchase a 3COM NIc instead. There have been mutliple issuse with the onboard NICs in Dell servers, although I am not sure what you are explaining has been one of them.
Travis > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ted Beckwith > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 6:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail processor problems - continued > > > Thanks to all who responded to my post earlier this week. We are > continuing > to have processor flatline problems with Imail that Ipswitch is > unwilling to > assist us with beyond vague recommendations that are not really realistic. > When we puchased Imail, we were given the impression by Ipswitch the there > were active installations with between 30,000 and 100,000 mailboxes on a > single server with no performance degradation. Our mail server has the > following key statistics: > > - Dell PowerEdge 2650 - 2.0 Ghz Xeon - Raid 1 (2x72GB) - 1GB Ram > - 1500 domains > - 3700 mailboxes > - 100MB max mailbox size > - Web messaging Enabled and actively used with KWM Templates > - 50,000 SMTPD Connections Daily > - 40,000 SMTP Local Deliveries Daily > - 12,000 SMTP Senders Remote Daily > - 38,000 SMTP Senders Local Daily > - 175,000 Pop Logins Daily > - 700 Web Logins Daily > > Given the stats above, I see no outward reason that Imail should be > performing so poorly. Our only real conclusion has been that > there must be a > hardware compatibility issue that is preventing the Imail software from > multitasking properly. Ipswitch was unwilling to give hardware > recommendations. My question to the list is as follows: > > Can anyone honestly say that they are using Imail on a single > server with at > least an 8x multiplier of the stats above. (eg. ,12,000 domains, 30,000 > mailboxes, etc.). If so, what hardware are you using? > > If we can't get this to work, we're going to have no option but to migrate > to Stalker's Communigate Pro. > > Please feel free to email me directly with your thoughts and/or comments - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks to all, > > Ted Beckwith > Easy CGI > > -------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
