From: aglet Date: 15:28 on 13 May 2004 Subject: M Sexchange So I inherited this NT 4/Exchange 5.5 server and (surprise!) it's hateful. What with it soon being both hateful and unsupported I'm looking at "upgrading" to more recent software. From the Exchange 2003 FAQ: Q: What are the minimum hardware requirements for Exchange 2003? A: The minimum practical hardware requirements in our experience are 1.25 times the disk space one would allocate under Exchange 2000, 1GB RAM (4GB minimum if the Exchange server also serves any other function) and the fastest processor(s) you can afford. Q: Am I better off with one really fast processor or two somewhat slower processors? A: You're better off with two really fast processors. There's more, oh, so much more, and I haven't even started the migration yet. Still, look on the bright side, at least it isn't Notes or GroupWise.
From: peter (Peter da Silva) Date: 15:56 on 13 May 2004 Subject: Re: M Sexchange > Q: What are the minimum hardware requirements for Exchange 2003? > A: The minimum practical hardware requirements in our experience are > 1.25 times the disk space one would allocate under Exchange 2000, 1GB > RAM (4GB minimum if the Exchange server also serves any other function) > and the fastest processor(s) you can afford. Gee, and I was running a bunch of popular mailing lists, two instances of Apache, 30 local users, and a dialup BBS on a 486 with 8M of RAM and a 110M hard disk. I don't think any version of NT would even boot on that.
From: John Sinteur Date: 16:11 on 13 May 2004 Subject: Re: M Sexchange -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 13-mei-04, at 16:56, Peter da Silva wrote: > Gee, and I was running a bunch of popular mailing lists, two instances > of > Apache, 30 local users, and a dialup BBS on a 486 with 8M of RAM and a > 110M > hard disk. I don't think any version of NT would even boot on that. > Ah, yes, but that machine didn't have to send out tons of spam. (Sorry about that.. I'm a volunteer on dsbl.org, and you'd be amazed how many compromised an misconfigureed exchange systems I see listed. I used to think "all software evolves until it can send mail, with the exception of MS Exchange" but now I know better...) - -John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFAo5AuYffhuCsYUkURAqQhAKD+c5igQiVPLlSkFxITrg4C9j6SdQCg+0Bi QIycBnPKEzQjXFEVCQjDA2Y= =q/WM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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