Hi Paul, 1. The CSS is a directory server, so it doesn't need nearly the same horsepower as the firewall array member 2. The log files are stored locally, unless you choose SQL logging and do off-box SQL logging. The CSS stores firewall policy and array configuration information. That's all. HTH, Tom Thomas W Shinder, M.D. Site: www.isaserver.org Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/drisa/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- ISA Firewalls **Who is John Galt?** > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Laudenslager [mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:48 PM > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > Cc: support-team@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [isalist] Enterprise setup... > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm about to setup my first ISA Enterprise Array. I've setup ISA 2k4 > Enterprise on (1) machine without problems, but now I'm ready > to migrate to > have multiple machines for redundancy. > > I've been following some ISA Tutorials lately but I'm a bit > perplexed. A > couple of ?s... > > 1. Does the Container (Configuration) Server have to be as > powerful as the > actual ISA services machines? > > 2. Where are the logs files stored? If they are on the > Container server, > then that would mean an increase in disk space as well as ram on this > server. > > I'm using the following hardware... > > Container - Dual 1Ghz - 18 Gigs RAID 1 > Firewall1 - Quad 2.4 - 135Mb RAID 5 > Firewall2 - Quad 2.4 - 80 Gigs RAID 1 > > Thanks in advance for your time and consideration. All > comments/suggestions > are greatly appreciated. > > Your friend in Virginia, > Paul Laudenslager > paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.virginia.com > http://host.virginia.com > 540.548.0404 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist > ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: > http://www.techgenix.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion > List as: tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe visit > http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist > Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >