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Keith Wheeler - 19 Aug 2006 00:53 GMT

If I want to install and setup a new Exchange 2003 server that will support
6 - 10 people in the office on the 10/100 LAN and upwards of 40 people out
in the field through OWA what would be my best bet?
- Build a "monster server" and run Exchange & OWA on the same box?
- Run OWA on it's own upper-mid performance box and Exchange on a standard
grade server with big, fast drives?
- How much memory puts OWA in "the sweet spot?
- How much memory puts Exchange in "the sweet spot"?

Thanks for the help.

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Mark Arnold [MVP] - 19 Aug 2006 10:14 GMT

>If I want to install and setup a new Exchange 2003 server that will support
>6 - 10 people in the office on the 10/100 LAN and upwards of 40 people out
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>Thanks for the help.

Where to begin on this one...
So, 40 people could be supported on a little tiny 386PC. Well, ok,
obviously they couldn't but trust me, it doesn't need to be any kind
of a monster box.
Start of with a standard box. Something like an HP DL380 with 6 drives
(RAID1 pairs for the OS, Exchange binaries & logs, Exchange Stores).
Put 2GB memory in it and make sure that the store disks are 300GB. The
other 4 can be 36/72GB (whatever)
OWA is integrated into Exchange in 2000/2003 (It sounds like your last
expierence was with 5.5? Am I right?)

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jamestechman@gmail.com - 19 Aug 2006 16:56 GMT

I agree with Mark, you're not going to need a Monster box for this. You
can easily support Exchange\OWA on same box. Any out of the box server
these days can support this.

James Chong
MCSE | M+, S+, MCTS, Security+
msexchangetips.blogspot.com

> If I want to install and setup a new Exchange 2003 server that will support
> 6 - 10 people in the office on the 10/100 LAN and upwards of 40 people out
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> Thanks for the help.

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Keith Wheeler - 21 Aug 2006 19:52 GMT

Thanks you guys for the 411.

Just FYI - I typically build my own servers, so I'll just put up a standard
RAID 5, Athlon 64, 2GB system and leave it at that.

Thanks again.

>I agree with Mark, you're not going to need a Monster box for this. You
> can easily support Exchange\OWA on same box. Any out of the box server
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>> Thanks for the help.

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Mark Arnold [MVP] - 21 Aug 2006 20:33 GMT

That'll do as a starter box. I assume that since you're a decent
system builder we don't have to do the whole Granny/Suck/Eggs thing
about backups :)

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