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Title:Microsoft Exchange Server
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Moderator:FLASK2::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 17 1995
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Thu Jun 05 1997
Number of topics:1099
Total number of notes:5174

913.0. "Hardware spec for test system" by IOSG::BILSBOROUGH (SWBFS) Mon Mar 03 1997 17:26

    
    Hi,
    
    I'm a Quality Assurance engineer and we would like to setup an Exchange
    Server system to carry out testing.  
    
    I have a 100mhz Pentium with 32mb memory.  I was thinking of adding an 
    extra 1gb disk and say another 16/24 mb memory.  We won't really be
    exercising Exchange at all just using it a little so we're not too
    worried about performance.  Basically testing will be around stopping
    the MTA etc.  No one will be using it for real as their mail
    file cabinet.  We would expect to have all the components of Exchange
    installed and running.
    
    Will this system die on it's knees or will it live?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mike
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913.1Should work but not particularily wellFLASK2::SYSTEMNigel Bridport @REOTue Mar 04 1997 10:0712
    Hi Mike,
    
    	Exchange really requires 64Mb memory to run efficiently.  You
    	would get some benefit from adding a little extra to your 32Mb
    	system.
    
    	You don't really say how much disk space you have ?  In the real
      	world, Exchange is split over a number of disks.  Also, are you
    	intending to run any other products on the system apart from NT
    	and Exchange.
    
    Nige.
913.2IOSG::BILSBOROUGHSWBFSTue Mar 04 1997 11:4213
    
    I'll be using it as my PC but most of the time I expect Exchange won't
    be running.  We're developing Mailbus Monitor for NT which will monitor
    Exchange.  So it'll be a case of me wanting to test something, starting
    up Mailbus Monitor, starting up Exchange and carrying out some tests.
    
    I have just a 2Gb disk at the moment but I dual boot so there isn't
    that much space on the NT side.  I was hoping to just put Exchange on
    the one new disk, do you think that I need to spread it a little so that it
    won't die?
    
    Thanks,
    Mike
913.3FLASK2::SYSTEMNigel Bridport @REOWed Mar 05 1997 07:135
	It is normally best to spread Exchange for performance reasons but
	I have been successfully running Exchange V4.0 on a single disk.

Nige.
913.4IOSG::BILSBOROUGHSWBFSMon Mar 10 1997 23:067
    
    Well the 64mb and the extra 2gb is in.
    I'll next upgrade from NT V4.0 to NT v4.0 Service pack 2 and go from there.
    
    I'll report back here for others future reference.
    
    Mike
913.5IOSG::BILSBOROUGHSWBFSThu Mar 20 1997 17:456
    
    Just an update.  Exchange v5.0 is installed and working fine.  I've
    even got it working with MB400 in just one day.  Wow I must be
    learning.
    
    Mike