Mailserver Essay

Routing Groups

When you create a routing group, you designate a group of servers that can communicate directly with one another. For servers in different routing groups to communicate with each other, you need to connect the routing groups.

To configure the options for a routing group connector

1.) In Exchange System Manager, expand the routing group, right-click Connectors, point to New, and then click Routing Group Connector.

2. On the General tab, select from the following options:

For the name of the routing group connector, it is a common practice to use the two routing groups that it connects. For example, you could use the name Chicago to San Jose to define a connector connecting your Chicago routing group to your San Jose routing group. In Connects this routing group with, select the routing groups to which you want to connect. In Cost, assign a cost for the connector. To have all servers within the local routing group function as bridgehead servers, select any local server can send mail over this connector. To specify which servers in the local routing group can function as bridgehead servers for this connector, select these servers can send mail over this connector, and then click Add to add the appropriate servers to the list. To prohibit users from accessing public folders that are not available locally using this connector, select the Do not allow public folder referrals check box. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997458(v=exchg.65).aspx See Pic below.

Data Storage

Storage is a critical component of Mailbox servers. You must plan your Mailbox server storage sub-system to ensure satisfactory performance and adequate storage space is available for your deployment. After Mailbox server deployment, you should monitor the following the following: Availability of storage sub-system. The availability of sufficient free disk space on volumes that contain the mailbox database and transaction logs. The transaction logs are some of the...