Re: time to grow and i need suggestions

thank you , btw i have been researching the upgrade possiilities ( ms &
windowitpro websites); but i wanted to make sure i inderstood your
suggestion:

1. upgrade my win2k domain controller servers ( i do already have 2 dc) to a
2003 domain.

2. upgrade my existing exchng2k to exchng2003

3. new box, running 2003 , install new exchng 2003

4. migrate all mail to the new box, begin replication between old PF store
and a new pf store on the new machine

OR update the schema on the win2k dc (btw whould that require and install
exchange 2003 on the existing dc


"Kirill Palagin" <kpalagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:427C5D73.8E1333BA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Performance-wise any new hardware (unless configured with single IDE disk)
will
> support mailboxes and PFs for current and future users just fine., so you
need
> to base your decisions on something else. I would suggest moving mailboxes
to
> the new server and making replica of PFs there as well. If you do not have
two
> DCs already you may want to make second server DC. This will improve
resiliency
> (at cost of easy of recoverability).
> W2K3 as DC will require AD schema upgrade. Use
>
http://www.swinc.com/resources/exchange/faq_db.asp?status=questions&faqID=1001&faqname=Exchange%202000&sectionID=1024&sectionName=Exchange%202000%20Move%20Server%20Method
>
> as a giude to moving data.
>
> Jason wrote:
>
> > currently:
> > dc & exch2k on win2k standard server compaq proliant ml330 15 heavy
users
> > 10 average users and 25 light users, 5-7 owa uers and a large public
folder
> > system (7-10gb of thousands of faxes). performance is obviously starting
to
> > get ugly.
> >
> > so, do i buy a big 2003 box and exch 2003 and move both stores to the
new
> > box?
> >
> > or do i buy the new 2003 and move just the mailboxes to the new and
leave
> > the public store on the original server?
> >
> > I built this original box myself and have managed it by myself, i feel
like
> > i have done a decent job these last 4-5 years but now feel completely
out of
> > my depth. I dont even know how you configure a multi server environment.
The
> > other clue is that we may need to provide 20-40 light owa users in the
> > coming year.
> >
> > I appreciate any suggestions about how to effectively migrate into a
more
> > robust solution without spending an absolute fortune. Thank you for
> > suggestions and references.
>


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