Since there is only 1000 Mailboxes in the Organization, new Back end server should be a well versed solution. I will recommend you to distribute the mailboxes, so everything should go ok. Thanks and Regards PRABHAKAR KAMUNI | System Analyst| Enterprise Computing Group Unisys Global Services India | 135/1 Residency Road | Bangalore | Business Phone +91 4159 4828|Net 7594828 THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. ________________________________ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Chong Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:43 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Adding Additional Exchange Backend Server No cons really; this is the correct step. The only con is probably to considering migrating to 07 which will give you a that significant IO reduction via incremental memory. James Chong Sr. Systems Engineer Simplexity, LLC. 11130 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300 Reston, VA 20191 O (703) 657-4612 C (703) 863-1483 ________________________________ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mitul Zaveri [mitul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:23 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Adding Additional Exchange Backend Server Hi All: The Current Exchange Setup is as follows: # Frontend - Backend Setup # 1 Frontend Server (with RPC over HTTPs proxy) + 1 Backend Server (1000 mailboxes) + 1 Domain Controller # Windows 2003 Enterprise Server (SP2) + Exchange 2003 Enterprise Server (SP2). We are planning to add an additional backend server with higher disk and I/O capacity and move the mailboxes on the new server. The steps are broadly outlined as below: 1. Additional Server joining the Existing windows domain 2. Installing Exchange server joining the Existing Exchange Organization. 3. Creating Multiple Mailbox Stores to distribute Mailboxes between stores. 4. Moving mailboxes to a New Exchange Server Can somebody please guide me through the pros/cons of this setup or pre-defined checklist that one needs to take care of in this kind of migration. Thanks & Regards Mitul -- **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. NetMagic Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. NetMagic Solutions Pvt. Ltd. reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the NetMagic Solutions Pvt. Ltd.'s e-mail system. ***************** End of Disclaimer *******************