http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------So it's a DC also? 2K3 should NOT be on a DC... -----Original Message----- From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harondel J. Sibble Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:30 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: crashing exchange 2003 server - help http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------The spare server I have is identical to the problematic one so no issue there. -------------------------------------------------- On 16 Sep 2009 at 9:18, Rick Boza wrote: You've got a standby piece of hardware that I would stand up as a second XCHG server and move the mailboxes before I did anything else. I'm going to guess you have a bad raid controller or moboard at this point. I'd probably look at replacing one or both of those while hosting the mail on the temporary server.Performance may degrade a bit depending on how underspecced it is, but much less so than the server dropping dead on a regular basis. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating Solutions for the small and medium business computer user. help@xxxxxxxxx (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice) ------------------------------------------------------- List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/exchangelist/ MSExchange Newsletter: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp MSExchange Articles and Tutorials: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/ MSExchange Blogs: http://blogs.msexchange.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe visit http://www.msexchange.org/pages/exchangelist.asp Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------- List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/exchangelist/ MSExchange Newsletter: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp MSExchange Articles and Tutorials: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/ MSExchange Blogs: http://blogs.msexchange.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe visit http://www.msexchange.org/pages/exchangelist.asp Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx