Re: Exchange on integrated x Series

[Fritz Hayes <fhayes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is really a great way to go.  You can make backups of the whole 
system very quickly just by copying the storage space.  So when you 
apply SP3 to Exchange and it crashes, you can immediately start up the 
version without SP2.  The mailbox recovery issue is the same, regardless 
of what hardware you are running on.  It is always a tricky affair. 
Easy if you have the resources and the practice, a nightmare any other 
way.

BRMS even has a policy which ends the server, backs up the 'Exchange 
blob' and starts the server back up.  Takes about 25 minutes for a 30 GB 
system (LTO2 tape drive).

Fritz Hayes

John P. Walsh wrote:
> I am contemplating moving Exchange from an old Intel box that has space
> limitations to the unused integrated server in my model 800.  Exchange is
> performing poorly presently due to the old box and and increased number of
> users.
>  
> Has anyone done this?  Good idea or bad?  If I do it, can I also install GFI
> Mail Essentials on that server?  
>  
> I hope to gain performance and consolidate the backup.  However, it seems to
> me that if I have to recover anything in Exchange I may be limited to
> restoring all or nothing.  
>  
> Looking forward to your thoughts.
>  
>  
>  
> John P. Walsh
> Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health
> St. Petersburg, FL
> 727-327-7656 x 294
> jwalsh@xxxxxxxxx