Awesome Ken! Thanks! Do you backup with something like ESXRanger or Veeam? If so, any issues with them backing up huge VMDKs?
Thanks, Jon On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Ken Cornetet <[email protected]> wrote: > VMDK. > > We have two mailbox servers handling about 4000 mailboxes each. Each Exchange > server uses multiple storage groups with multiple databases spread across > three drive letters - one drive for log files, the other two for stores. > > These three drive letters correspond directly to three VMDK files that live > in one VMFS which lives on one SAN LUN (but that LUN is spread across 15 > spindles). > > I have noticed that Exchange 2007 hits the disks much less than Exchange 2003. > > We also force our users (via group policy) to run Outlook in cached mode > which also cuts way back on the disk hits. > > Ken Cornetet 812.482.8499 > To err is human - to moo, bovine. > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
