HP Exchange 2007 Server Sizing Tool
For all of us out there who are responsible for designing & deploying solutions based on Exchange Server 2007 HP have finally created & released a Sizing Tool to make our lives a lot simpler.
This tool can be accessed on their Active Answers Website at the following URL:
http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/483374-0-0-0-121.html
(You will need to setup an HP Passport Account & Log In to access the tools)
Also remember to always use some of your own logic when sizing & scaling hardware for your solutions since tools like this apply ONLY the recommended best practices from MS and do not really take cost into consideration.
example: Single Exchange Server for 100 Users according to the tool requires 14x 72GB SAS HDD's in a mirror, this is not practical since a) its Expensive b) 6x 146GB Disks would meet the performance & storage requirements for this size solution quite fine.
Im not saying ALWAYS do this, just sometimes the solutions put forward by the sizer are not quite 100% what suits us or our customers.
Have FUN playing with it.
This tool can be accessed on their Active Answers Website at the following URL:
http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/483374-0-0-0-121.html
(You will need to setup an HP Passport Account & Log In to access the tools)
Also remember to always use some of your own logic when sizing & scaling hardware for your solutions since tools like this apply ONLY the recommended best practices from MS and do not really take cost into consideration.
example: Single Exchange Server for 100 Users according to the tool requires 14x 72GB SAS HDD's in a mirror, this is not practical since a) its Expensive b) 6x 146GB Disks would meet the performance & storage requirements for this size solution quite fine.
Im not saying ALWAYS do this, just sometimes the solutions put forward by the sizer are not quite 100% what suits us or our customers.
Have FUN playing with it.
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