Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Scalability with SP1 and SP2

Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Scalability with SP1 and SP2

by Pierre Bijaoui
Released October 2006
Publisher(s): Digital Press
ISBN: 9780080491851

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Book description

Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server is the server component that provides electronic messaging in major corporate environments. It has had two updates since its release in 2003, SP1 and SP2. The author covers these along with critical changes in Widows 2003 Server such as the scalability features of the Active Directory and the server and storage technologies. This crucial release borrows from the legacy Exchange system, but also from a myriad of others. The organization of the book provides necessary background on the software and hardware required in order to manage an efficient scalable Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server deployment.

Key technology for planning a future strategy is covered in the form of hardware and software that enable mission critical solutions including Storage Area Networks and Gigabit networks, Microsoft Clustering and multi-core symmetric multiprocessing.

*Reorganized to be a better reference and include details needed for Windows 2003's Server to effectively implement and manage a scalable Exchange infrastructure
*Best practices for deploying Exchange 2003 SP2 in large-scale and high performance environments are described
*Gives final recommendations, from consulting for Fortune 500 Corporations and from inside knowledge of Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003 SP1 & SP2, and Windows Server 2003
*Reviews key server and storage technologies and their appropriateness to scalable and high performance Exchange infrastructures

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Scalability with SP1 and SP2
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents (1/2)
  5. Contents (2/2)
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1. Exchange 2003 Architecture
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 Benefits at a Glance
    3. 1.3 RAMS (1/4)
    4. 1.3 RAMS (2/4)
    5. 1.3 RAMS (3/4)
    6. 1.3 RAMS (4/4)
    7. 1.4 Performance Improvements (1/2)
    8. 1.4 Performance Improvements (2/2)
    9. 1.5 Exchange Server 2003 Core Architecture
    10. 1.6 The STORE Process (1/3)
    11. 1.6 The STORE Process (2/3)
    12. 1.6 The STORE Process (3/3)
    13. 1.7 Exchange Server Futures
  10. Chapter 2. Exchange 2003 Scalability
    1. 2.1 Why Would You Want to Scale?
    2. 2.2 Horizontal vs. Vertical Scalability
    3. 2.3 Scalable Exchange 2003 Architecture (1/3)
    4. 2.3 Scalable Exchange 2003 Architecture (2/3)
    5. 2.3 Scalable Exchange 2003 Architecture (3/3)
    6. 2.4 IIS/Exchange Store (1/4)
    7. 2.4 IIS/Exchange Store (2/4)
    8. 2.4 IIS/Exchange Store (3/4)
    9. 2.4 IIS/Exchange Store (4/4)
    10. 2.5 Virtual Servers (1/2)
    11. 2.5 Virtual Servers (2/2)
    12. 2.6 Components That Scale (1/4)
    13. 2.6 Components That Scale (2/4)
    14. 2.6 Components That Scale (3/4)
    15. 2.6 Components That Scale (4/4)
    16. 2.7 In Summary
  11. Chapter 3. Microsoft Exchange and Windows Server
    1. 3.1 Microsoft Exchange 2003 Requirements
    2. 3.2 Windows Server (1/3)
    3. 3.2 Windows Server (2/3)
    4. 3.2 Windows Server (3/3)
    5. 3.3 Volume Shadow Copy Services (1/2)
    6. 3.3 Volume Shadow Copy Services (2/2)
    7. 3.4 Windows Clusters (1/2)
    8. 3.4 Windows Clusters (2/2)
    9. 3.5 Scaling the Active Directory (1/3)
    10. 3.5 Scaling the Active Directory (2/3)
    11. 3.5 Scaling the Active Directory (3/3)
    12. 3.6 Summary
  12. Chapter 4. Technologies for Exchange 2003 Deployments
    1. 4.1 Introduction
    2. 4.2 System Processing (1/5)
    3. 4.2 System Processing (2/5)
    4. 4.2 System Processing (3/5)
    5. 4.2 System Processing (4/5)
    6. 4.2 System Processing (5/5)
    7. 4.3 Networking services
    8. 4.4 Scale out and scale up (1/2)
    9. 4.4 Scale out and scale up (2/2)
    10. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (1/9)
    11. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (2/9)
    12. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (3/9)
    13. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (4/9)
    14. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (5/9)
    15. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (6/9)
    16. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (7/9)
    17. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (8/9)
    18. 4.5 Leveraging storage technologies (9/9)
    19. 4.6 Network-attached storage (1/3)
    20. 4.6 Network-attached storage (2/3)
    21. 4.6 Network-attached storage (3/3)
    22. 4.7 Emerging Technologies: iSCSI or IP SAN (1/2)
    23. 4.7 Emerging Technologies: iSCSI or IP SAN (2/2)
    24. 4.8 The value of RAID (1/4)
    25. 4.8 The value of RAID (2/4)
    26. 4.8 The value of RAID (3/4)
    27. 4.8 The value of RAID (4/4)
    28. 4.9 Fundamentals of storage performance (1/4)
    29. 4.9 Fundamentals of storage performance (2/4)
    30. 4.9 Fundamentals of storage performance (3/4)
    31. 4.9 Fundamentals of storage performance (4/4)
    32. 4.10 In Summary
    33. 4.11 Endnotes
  13. Chapter 5. Optimizing Exchange 2003
    1. 5.1 Introduction to Exchange 2003 Optimization
    2. 5.2 System Optimization for Exchange 2003 (1/5)
    3. 5.2 System Optimization for Exchange 2003 (2/5)
    4. 5.2 System Optimization for Exchange 2003 (3/5)
    5. 5.2 System Optimization for Exchange 2003 (4/5)
    6. 5.2 System Optimization for Exchange 2003 (5/5)
    7. 5.3 Memory Optimization for Exchange 2003 (1/4)
    8. 5.3 Memory Optimization for Exchange 2003 (2/4)
    9. 5.3 Memory Optimization for Exchange 2003 (3/4)
    10. 5.3 Memory Optimization for Exchange 2003 (4/4)
    11. 5.4 Network Optimization for Exchange 2003 (1/2)
    12. 5.4 Network Optimization for Exchange 2003 (2/2)
    13. 5.5 Storage Optimization for Exchange 2003 (1/8)
    14. 5.5 Storage Optimization for Exchange 2003 (2/8)
    15. 5.5 Storage Optimization for Exchange 2003 (3/8)
    16. 5.5 Storage Optimization for Exchange 2003 (4/8)
    17. 5.5 Storage Optimization for Exchange 2003 (5/8)
    18. 5.5 Storage Optimization for Exchange 2003 (6/8)
    19. 5.5 Storage Optimization for Exchange 2003 (7/8)
    20. 5.5 Storage Optimization for Exchange 2003 (8/8)
    21. 5.6 Mail Transport Optimization
    22. 5.7 In Summary
  14. Chapter 6. Performance and Monitoring
    1. 6.1 The Challenge
    2. 6.2 Exchange Workload Simulation (1/5)
    3. 6.2 Exchange Workload Simulation (2/5)
    4. 6.2 Exchange Workload Simulation (3/5)
    5. 6.2 Exchange Workload Simulation (4/5)
    6. 6.2 Exchange Workload Simulation (5/5)
    7. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (1/12)
    8. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (2/12)
    9. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (3/12)
    10. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (4/12)
    11. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (5/12)
    12. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (6/12)
    13. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (7/12)
    14. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (8/12)
    15. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (9/12)
    16. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (10/12)
    17. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (11/12)
    18. 6.3 Monitoring Exchange 2003 Performance (12/12)
    19. 6.4 In Summary
  15. Chapter 7. Best Practices
    1. 7.1 Best Practices
    2. 7.2 Configuration Guidelines for Windows 2003 (1/2)
    3. 7.2 Configuration Guidelines for Windows 2003 (2/2)
    4. 7.3 Configuration Guidelines for Exchange 2003 Servers (1/3)
    5. 7.3 Configuration Guidelines for Exchange 2003 Servers (2/3)
    6. 7.3 Configuration Guidelines for Exchange 2003 Servers (3/3)
    7. 7.4 In Summary
  16. Index (1/5)
  17. Index (2/5)
  18. Index (3/5)
  19. Index (4/5)
  20. Index (5/5)

Product information

  • Title: Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Scalability with SP1 and SP2
  • Author(s): Pierre Bijaoui
  • Release date: October 2006
  • Publisher(s): Digital Press
  • ISBN: 9780080491851