
334 5.2 System Optimization for Exchange 2003
5.2 System Optimization for Exchange 2003
In this section, we discuss the system and server technologies that are
important to Microsoft Exchange 2003. You may consider your server as a
black box and buy the latest and greatest server configuration. This
approach is perfectly valid for the immediate future but should be factored
in the expected lifetime of the server. I have seen cases where server hard-
ware was being deployed and expected to satisfy the ever-increasing work-
load for the next 36 to 48 months.
In this case, you should plan for some headroom, based on your track
record of workload increase ...