[THIN] Re: OT: Exchange upgrade
- From: pwalley <mythinlist@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:21:48 -0500
for your evnironment as you described it, a swing migration to 2003 on
new hardware is all you need. 90 users is not a heavy load and you
don't mention that this is so critical that redundancy is necessary
(thus eliminating clustering).
On 7/8/05, Matthew Shrewsbury <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I'm considering my exchange upgrade options. I currently running Exchange
> 2000 (I own Exchange 2003 Standard). I am expecting to hit my 16GB limit in
> 1st quarter next year so I am trying to plan an upgrade to deal with that.
> The current server is a little old and needs upgrading ideally too. My users
> are currently less then 90 but expect to double by next year.
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> Options:
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> 1) Exchange cluster
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> Ideally I'd like a lot more redundancy in Exchange as it is so
> mission critical. So a cluster might be justifiable.
>
> I can only cluster Exchange 2003 Enterprise?
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> IMF won't work on a cluster so that is a disadvantage
>
> 2) Add a second Exchange server and move some mail boxes to the new server
> (keep each database below 16GB)
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> Can you add a second Exchange 2003 Standard edition in the same
> site and use one as a bridgehead for all incoming emails?
>
> 3) Upgrade to a single server with Exchange 2003 Enterprise
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> Any suggestions or answers to my Exchange questions would be most helpful.
> Thanks!!
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> Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
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> Senior Network Administrator
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>
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