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exchange in VM, performace etc
larkspur
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anyone running ms exchange server 2000 or higher in VM environment?
If so how many mailboxes and what kind of performance are you seeing?
If so how many mailboxes and what kind of performance are you seeing?
just trying to keep it all in perspective!
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astorrs
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I know lots of people doing it with ESX, here are some best practices:
Deploying Microsoft Exchange in VMware Infrastructure
http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/701
And here is a capacity test from VMware:
16,000 Exchange Mailboxes, 1 Server
http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2008/02/16000-exchange.html -
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thanks for the links.
I am hoping to hear from someone who is actually doing it.
just trying to keep it all in perspective! -
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You'll have better luck on the VMware communities, I've saved you some typing:
http://communities.vmware.com/search.jspa?q=exchange&resultTypes=BLOG_POST&resultTypes=DOCUMENT&resultTypes=MESSAGE&resultTypes=BLOG&resultTypes=COMMUNITY&peopleEnabled=true&dateRange=all&communityID=2683&communityID=2632&communityID=2411&communityID=2410&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001