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| Hi, I am trying to get some sort of feeling for the requirements of the server that I will need to run over 10 000 - 200 000 users. Can somebody please give some suggestions with this on solutions that are currently running. Please give details into format below :- No. of users : Server Spec's : - Operating System: - RAM : - Disk Space : - RAID : - CPU : Using: - iMail - IM etc. Greatly appreciated. Michael Sandell. |
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| 10000 or 200000 users? It's not really the same ;-)
Fortunately IMail, ICS now, needs not a lot of resources.
One aspect is AntiVirus and AntiSpam. Do you have a separate Gateway for this work?
10000 users on one box is not a real problem. For realibilty reasons, i would setup more boxes,if you have more than 50000 users. But this is a matter of taste and budget.
I would prefer a configuration like this:
a double CPU >2 GHz with 2 GB RAM. SCSI is not needed. S-ATA is fast and cheap. At least one 2 Channel RAID-Controller with two pairs of disk (Drive C, D) configured as RAID1. 200 GB Disks are quite cheap right now. RAID5 might be an option, needs more budget...
For a big installation, i would install two RAID Controllers. A third pair of disk should be reserved for the Spool/Log exclusively. Don't forget to buy a very good disk defragmenter, like O&O defrag.
Keep the Mail server dedicated. Do not use IIS, PHP, etc. to keep the load down.
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