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Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Requirements Calculator Updated

January 25, 2010

Microsoft has released the latest update to the Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator on the MS Exchange Team blog.

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Video: Exchange Server 2007 storage considerations by EMC

November 17, 2008

Storage is important to Exchange performance, which means Exchange guys need to talk to storage guys from time to time.  This video might help the Exchange guys understand the storage guys a little better.

Link: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Storage Considerations: DAS or SAN

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Project Coconut: Part 2 – Sizing the Exchange Server 2007 servers

March 11, 2008

Project Coconut entries:

Project Coconut: Introduction
Project Coconut: Part 1 – Getting the environment up to scratch
Project Coconut: Part 2 – Sizing the Exchange Server 2007 servers
Project Coconut: Part 3 – Deploying the first Exchange Server 2007 server
Project Coconut: Part 4 – Configuring Standby Continuous Replication
Project Coconut: Part 5 – Its mailbox migration time!
Project Coconut: Part 6 [...]

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Are you getting enough IOPS in your diet?

March 11, 2008

Storage guys do not love talking about IOPS, especially when far too much attention is being paid to them by customers buying Exchange solutions.  You would think a die hard storage guy would delight in pulling out one of their many spreadsheets and calculating the optimal disk layout to meet your IOPS needs, but [...]

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