Exchange 12 Server Roles and Disk IO

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Robin — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:38:51 GMT

Will NTBackup work with VSS when Exchange 12 is released?

re: Exchange 12 Server Roles and Disk IO

andy — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:49:27 GMT

One of the most comprehensive write ups I have read to date on E12. Straight,to the point, and packed with good info.

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Exchange — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:00:21 GMT

Robin,

NTBackup will not be your fully featured VSS solution for Exchange 12, no. The functionality will stay at the pretty much current levels, and you can read more about those here:

http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2004/06/25/166104.aspx

re: Exchange 12 Server Roles and Disk IO

tonyw1538 — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:08:22 GMT

8K blocks on the Jet database - is that a change?

I understand that under Exchange 2003 the STM file writes 8KB blocks and the EDB writes 4KB blocks.

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Brian.Kronberg — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 06:54:48 GMT

50 storage groups? So I assume you are recommending the use of mount points on clustered servers. Is that true? Anything to look out for there?

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paul — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:02:43 GMT

How should exchange 12 be configured when running on a single server that is also running other applications. SBS for example.

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refdf — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:04:02 GMT

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Dan Sheehan — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:40:43 GMT

I had to do a double take on this article...

It seems like MSFT is taking the I/O pattern backwards in time to Exchange 5.5 with the IMS (IMC).

You are now streaming all incoming mail on Transport servers into the EDB which requires a conversion into MAPI format. Sounds pretty much like the IMS to me.

So why the move away from SMTP as the native format - both in use as STM file and in the conversion to MAPI format. 2000&2003 seemed to be more intelligently layed out in the regard that they only converted email to MAPI format when a MAPI client requested it.

And it appears as if the CAS servers (formerly named front-end servers) are no long pass through devices like 2003 was, but are the conversion points back out to Internet formats (IMAP/POP/HTTP).

Can MSFT please explain why they are taking this apparent step backwards in technology? I mean we consultants have been spending years telling people the way 5.5 did conversions and what not was archaic, and that the totally native formats of 200X were superior. It now appears that we are going to have to revisit those same customers when E12 ships and convince them that going in the reverse is now the best way to do things. So if you can help prime us on what MSFT's rationale was, we can start adopting the mentality that much sooner.

Thanks for the EXCELLENT article BTW.

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Brian — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:37:27 GMT

"The JET database is randomly accessed and uses an 8 KB page size"

Will it still be necessary to use diskpart to align the track boundaries to achieve 8K read with 1 I/O?

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Mike — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:45:37 GMT

EXCELLENT article. Thanks a bunch!

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vijay jadhav — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:01:03 GMT

Can u give all difference of Exchange 2003 & Exchange 12

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