We currently run 3 Exchange environments on filers, one has a 90GB
information store, one has a 36GB information store, and one has a 20GB
information store.
The Filers have dual GigE NICs running Multi VIF'd to Cisco Catalyst 6509
switches. The Exchange servers have single GigE NICs.
The Exchange servers are 6 way Pentium III 700MHz 2MB XEON boxes with 2GB
RAM.
The 90GB information store is our Home Office. They abuse email like there
is no tomorrow, so it's pretty active.
If you take the time to set your environment up correctly using SnapRestore,
you don't need to worry about M$ support. We've recovered from ourselves
(Never let an unskilled admin play with Mailbox Manager), without any
issues. We've had one environment up since last summer without any issues.
Good Luck!
-john
John Witham
Senior Data Networking Engineer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Waters, G Scott DSTI [mailto:scott.waters@SBCCOM.APGEA.ARMY.MIL]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 8:35 AM
To: 'lallin(a)millermartin.com'
Cc: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com'
Subject: RE: Ms Exchange and Netapp Filers
>>We are currently a Lotus Notes shop and are looking to move to Exchange.
Sorry to hear that. Do you really want to do that??
>>We have specked out a server and are planning to place the Exchange data
on
the filer.
Do you know you are placing your Exchange server in an unsupported mode as
far as Microsoft is concerned???
>>Our question is related to connectivity. Is anyone running
fast ethernet between their filer and Exchange server? Or is Gigabit the
best bet?
The place where I work has purchased another filer (we already have one
being used for network file services) so that we can move our Exchange
databases to it (against my recommendations). The salesman told us that
GigE on a private network between the filer and the server is the only way
to go. It needs the GigE for quick responses to the Exchange server. I do
not have any personal experiences yet.
How many people are you planning on supporting and how active are they on
e-mail??
Good lUck.
- Scott W.
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