RE: Upgrading Exch 5.5/Win2K Srv to 2003 versions
- From: "Jeffrey Robillard" <jrobill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:20:00 -0400
outside of upgrading to a faster box so that mail is delivered before you sent
it the only wow factor to the end user is OWA. outlook is outlook, regardless
of your backend. However, OWA is much better in Exchange 2k and Exchange 5.x.
We had the same situation.. Proliant 1850 maxed out with 1gb of ram. Thing
was a pig, locked up about every 3 days and when you sent a message in outlook
it could take 30 seconds before outlook would come back to life.
Our new Dell Poweredge ($8000) cranks. I can actually use the system
manager tools on the server now without it dying.. and whats a reboot?
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene O'Brien [mailto:Gene@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:04 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Upgrading Exch 5.5/Win2K Srv to 2003 versions
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Hi All,
I've reached the end of my patience with our current Exchange 5.5 server
running on a very old Compaq Proliant with Windows 2000 Server (Dual 600MHz
machine).
I took over administration of this thing about 6 months ago - over the years it
has had so much crap put onto it... all sorts of demo programs (4 or 5
different anti-virus programs, 3 different backup demos, etc), and it's just
gotten to the point where I can't fumigate it enough to keep it running without
drastic slowdowns and crashes all the time.
We're a relatively small shop - 30 users. I want to upgrade us to a nice new
inexpensive Dell server, running Windows 2003 Server with Exchange 2003, and
basically start all over again with a nice clean install - hopefully leaving
the nightmares behind me!
Problem is, the boss is the type who complains if you spend $20 on a cable
without having a damned good reason for it. I've tried talking sense to him
about how Exchange 5.5 is not a current product, Microsoft is retiring regular
support for it in a few months, the server is old and in bad shape, etc.. but
what I really need is a 'wow' list. What can I show him that makes him realize
it's worth investing several thousand dollars to ring out the old and ring in
the new?
Does anyone have a 'highlights' chart or list like this? I'm not looking for
something that shows me how much easier it is to manage, how it integrates
better with our AD structure, or anything like that... his answer to that is
that 'i'm the administrator, i should be able to make it work'. What i'm
looking for is - what will the end user see as benefit? What great new 'can't
live without features' will they see?
Anyone have an input for me on this one?
Thanks very much!
Gene O'Brien
Network Administrator
Three Cities Research
(212)605-3229
gene@xxxxxxxxxx
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