[THIN] Re: OT: Exchange upgrade
- From: LDS <u2htdaab@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:52:30 -0500
For those of you who migrated to 2003, what are some best practices to
try to ensure a migration transparent to users as much as possible? (
I am specifically thinking of Outlook user profiles running on my
Citrix boxes.)
I have to migrate a 5.5 store of 11gb to 2003.
On 7/11/05, pwalley <mythinlist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Options:
> >
> > 1) Exchange cluster
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions or answers to my Exchange questions would be most helpful.
> > Thanks!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
> >
> > Senior Network Administrator
> >
> >
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