Planning The Move To The Windows Storage Server Computer - Dell PowerVault 745N Deployment Manual

Figure 1.4 Sample Network Topology for One Windows Storage Server Computer
Hosting Storage Groups for Two Stand-Alone Exchange Servers
Planning the Move to the Windows Storage Server
Computer
Deploying the Feature Pack on Exchange Server 2003 involves deploying the Exchange Server
2003 computer and then moving the Exchange databases and transaction logs to the Windows
Storage Server computer. The Exchange server deployed can be a new Exchange Server 2003
computer, an existing Exchange Server 2003 computer, or an upgrade from Exchange 2000
Server to Exchange Server 2003.
Options for Moving Files
After the Exchange server is deployed, two options are available for moving the Exchange
database to the Windows Storage Server computer:
Move the existing Exchange database to the Windows Storage Server computer.
Create a new Exchange database, move the new database to the Windows Storage Server
computer, then move existing Exchange mailboxes to the new database.
Advantages of moving an existing Exchange database include:
Less labor for the administrator; the remote storage tools included in the Feature Pack
perform all required steps automatically.
Less administrator time required to complete the move.
Advantages of creating a new Exchange database include:
Improved Exchange server performance; a new database uses disk space more efficiently
than a database that has been in use for some time.
The ability to test the deployment with a small subset of users.
Less down time per user; each mailbox remains offline for only the time it takes to move
that mailbox.
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