Exchange Server 2007 Performance Characteristics Using NetApp iSCSI Storage Systems
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- 10:46 03 May 2007
A major design goal of Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 is to support large, low-cost mailboxes. To achieve this, Exchange 2007 has significantly reduced I/O throughput with access to greater amounts of system memory, increased database cache sizes, and a reduction in read/write IOPS which are all benefits of moving to a 64-bit only architecture. This paper compares the performance characteristics of Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2003 utilizing a NetApp IP SAN storage solution and will help users understand how to best configure Exchange Server 2007 for their organization.
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