Re: Exchange 2003 Standard? Or Enterprise?

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From: CJ (chrisj_at_illicom.net)
Date: 03/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:01:50 GMT

"MDH" <horistm@shape-corp.com> wrote in message
news:C8AA85BD-91A4-4653-AAB4-E88E3F8D3299@microsoft.com...
> CJ,
>
> The problems with the 16GB database limit are big enough that I would not
> recommend the Standard version of Exchange 2003 to anyone. I say this
> from
> experience... Very bad experience...
> If you are performing an upgrade or migration from 5.5 to 2003 I would
> highly recommend spending the extra money for Enterprise Edition.

Kewl...thanks for the advice. Also, this means I need to install it on
Win2003 Enterprise as well right? My domain controllers are Win2003 Std,
but I will be putting this on a new server and stand-alone, not a DC

>
> MDH
>
> "CJ" wrote:
>
>> I will be looking into upgrading to Exchange Server 2003 this year. I
>> will
>> be making it a fresh install on a new rack mount server with Win2003.
>>
>> Question...our organization is around 80 Exchange 5.5 mailboxes now and
>> do
>> not see a massive growth at all. Will Exchange 2003 Standard be enough?
>> Or
>> might I consider Enterprise? I understand with Standard you are limited
>> to
>> a database of 16GB, is this enough for 80+ users?
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>>

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