Dell PowerVault 745N - Manual (Page 16)

Planning a Deployment
Feature Pack Deployment Guide 16
High-Capacity Scenario
The high-capacity scenario supports up to a total of 1,500 mailboxes on one or two Exchange
2003 servers.
Table 1.3 High-Capacity Scenario for Exchange 2003
Configuration
Component
Specifications
Capacity One or two Exchange 2003 servers, and one Dell PowerVault NAS Storage Server
2003 system, supporting a total of 1,500 mailboxes
Windows Storage
Server computer One Dell PowerVault NAS Storage Server 2003 system with an attached PowerVault
220S / 221S External Storage Array, or a supported Dell/EMC fibre channel RAID
Array
2 GB of RAM
Six disk drives for storing Exchange databases
Two disk drives for storing Exchange transaction logs for first storage group
Two disk drives for storing Exchange transaction logs for second storage group
One Gigabit Ethernet adapter and one 10/100 or greater Ethernet adapter
Exchange server One Gigabit Ethernet adapter and one 10/100 or greater Ethernet adapter
Disk drive Transaction logs for each storage group and Exchange databases for combined
storage groups stored on separate RAID volumes that span separate disk arrays on
the Windows Storage Server computer
Network A dedicated network between the Exchange servers and the Windows Storage Server
computer that uses a Gigabit switch with a virtual private local area network (LAN)
A 10/100 Ethernet hub that connects the Exchange servers, the Windows Storage
Server computer, the domain controller, and client computers
Figure 1.3 Recommended Configuration for the High-Capacity Scenario