Q&A from Session 1 of the 70-282 Online Study Group
Hello Everyone, below are the follow-up questions & answers from the Monday, May 7, 2007, online study group webcast. To download the PowerPoint presentation, please visit BOB Wired at: https://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentpage.aspx?pageid=4078. There you will find a link with a username & password to access a number of BOB Team documents. At the bottom of the list, you will find a folder called "2007-May 70-282 Study Group". We will be making each presentation deck available in this folder. Also, see the posts below for more information on the 70-282 exam itself and on becoming a Small Business Specialist. Thanks for attending the webcasts!
GENERAL
Q: Are you really going to do a webcast on Memorial Day?
A: Sessions 7 and 8 have been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 29th, and Wednesday, May 30th, respectively.
Q: Are there other requirements for becoming a Small Business Specialist besides passing the 70-282 exam?
A: Yes, please see https://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentpage.aspx?PageID=555746.
Q: Do we need to have a lab configured on Virtual PC for this webcast series?
A: No, it is not assumed that attendees will be running SBS 2003 R2 while viewing the webcasts.
Q: Are there Microsoft tools for determining a server’s performance baseline?
A: You can use Performance Monitor (perfmon.exe) as one of your tools for creating baseline metrics.
Q: Can the Small Business Server 2003 Fax Services support multi-fax boards, e.g., Brooktrout?
A: Yes. Up to four fax modems are supported.
Q: Is there a way for Vista computers to connect to Small Business Server 2003?
A: Yes, please see https://support.microsoft.com/kb/926505.
Q: Can Windows SharePoint Services be upgraded from 2.0 to 3.0 in a Small Business Server 2003 environment?
A: Yes, please see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/techref/techguide.mspx.
EXCHANGE
Q: Can Small Business Server 2003’s Exchange Server 2003 be upgraded to the new Exchange Server 2007?
A: Not at this time.
Q: If a customer has SBS 2003 R2 and Software Assurance, will they be able to get Exchange Server 2007 as part of a migration to Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition when they exceed the 75 CAL limit of SBS?
A: Currently, the Transition Packs available for SBS Standard and Premium Editions include Exchange Server 2003.
Q: Does Exchange Server 2003 included with Small Business Server 2003 support multiple email domains?
A: Yes.
Q: Most of my power users approach 2GB per mailbox, can Exchange Server 2003 handle that?
A: Yes, the total size of the Information Store, regardless of how it is used by individual mailboxes, can be 75GB when using Exchange Server 2003 SP2.
RAID
Q: Can you address the relative advantages of RAID-1 or RAID-5 as compared to Volume Shadow Copy for providing fault tolerance and redundancy?
A: A RAID configuration provides fault tolerance for physical hard drive failures, it is not a data backup solution. In contrast, Volume Shadow Copy provides for the automatic backup and recovery of data files on a volume.
Q: Can you mirror (RAID-1) two physical drives that are of different sizes?
A: Yes. However, the resultant volume can only be as large as the smallest partition.
Q: Will RAID-1 allow for continued use of the server when a hard drive fails?
A: Yes, although it is dependent on the nature of the drive failure. In some cases, the server may need to be rebooted.
Q: Can you convert basic disks to dynamic with the system running (for adding a mirror to a single system drive)?
A: Volumes must be dismounted in order to convert them from basic to dynamic disks. Therefore, for the system drive only, it is necessary to reboot to complete the conversion.
Q: Is there a mini-cast on restoring a RAID-5 configuration after a drive has failed?
A: No, but we will look into creating one.
Q: With hardware RAID-5, can you store the boot partition on the array?
A: Yes.
Q: Can a RAID-1 and a RAID-5 partition exist on a single physical drive?
A: Yes. However, this is not recommended when designing a fault tolerant environment.
Q: If it is recommended to create a RAID-1 volume for the system drive and a RAID-5 volume for data, then does the server need a minimum of five physical hard drives?
A: Yes. For Windows software-level RAID, five physical hard drives are required for this scenario.