Travis, This is of interest to me. Can you forward a knowledge base number or two that discusses the Dell/onboard NIC issues that you mention? MS or Dell KBs are fine.
Thanks! Sean ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Travis Rabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 07:12:36 -0800 >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/ > 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/
