On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:00:25 -0500 Jason Joines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We just got a new CIO at the university where I work. One thing he > is > about to do is get rid of all the different mail systems and have one > big combined system for all employees and students. That'll be about > 50,000 users. > > At the moment the predominant faculty/staff mail system is Lotus > Domino on windows 2k and the predominant system for students is Sun > Internet Mail Server on Solaris. He intends to replace these with ms > exchange on windows 2k. There is a small chance he will listen to > suggestions to consider non-exchange options. > > Any suggestions? If he's serious about Exchange with 50k+ users, I suggest you find a new job (the recent posting to this list comes to mind). Not even M$ can get this to work. You'll need one exchange server per 500 users (so 100+ Win2k systems running Exchange should work) -- or, one Linux box using something like PowerMail (and PostgreSQL), although I'd suggest 3 systems for good failover capability. Also, the PowerMail solution will cost you about half a million $$$ less and not have nearly the headaches. BTW, to run 100+ Win2k servers, you'll need at least 10 more Windoze admins too (not included in above cost savings estimate, so estimate over $1,000,000 in savings per year). OTOH, if this guys importance is measured in terms of the size of his budget and not his successful accomplishments, only M$ will do. M$, the empire builders' dream. Ciao, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. Nemesis Racing Team motto GPG key autoresponder: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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