Standard can only have 1 Mailbox Store and 1 Public Folder Store Mark Fugatt Dedicated Supportability Engineer (Exchange) Microsoft Services Organisation Desk: +44 (0)118 909 5630 Mobile: +44 (0)7966 858108 http://www.microsoft.com/support Dedicated to proactively supporting Microsoft's enterprise Customers This email may contain confidential information. If you are not named on the addressee list, please take no action in relation to this email, do not open any attachment, and please contact the sender (details above) immediately. Information in this email is provided in good faith. If you are a customer of Microsoft, please refer to the terms and conditions which cover the provision of support and consulting services to you/your organization. If you are not corresponding in the course of, or in connection with a Microsoft contract or program with its own terms and conditions, please note that no liability is accepted by Microsoft for the contents of this mail. -----Original Message----- From: A. M. Salim [mailto:msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 10 January 2005 14:17 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] understanding storage groups, stores, and exchange databases http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi guys, Can anyone shed light on this official Microsoft description of Exchange 2003 editions: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/editions.mspx According to this page, in the table labeled "Choose Your Edition" the Standard Edition can have 4 storage groups, with 5 databases per storage group. But then the next row states that there is a limit of 1 mailbox store database per server. So what am I missing? Can I have 20 mailbox store databases on the server (4 SG's with 5 DB's per SG) or just one? There seems to be some fine print here that I am just not seeing. Any pointers to a desription of the difference between "databases" and "mailbox store databases" (and MAPI and Public Folders) would be most helpful, the more detailed the better (more info than found in KB 258509 at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=258509). best regards Mike ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: markfu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx