Regardless of industry or geographic location, business information is exploding on a massive scale—affecting primary, secondary, and archival storage systems. The sheer quantity of data being amassed is outpacing organizations' ability to keep tabs on it, maintain corporate compliance, meet strict government regulation, and even simply house it in a useful format that can provide invaluable history and knowledge. Learn more today.
Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server
2007 with NetApp Networked Storage
By Mark Bowker October, 2008 Copyright 2008, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ESG WHITE PAPERDeploying Microsoft Exchange with NetApp Networked Storage
Table of Contents Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................................... i Microsoft Exchange: Storage Demand Explodes ................................................................................................ 1 Planning Storage Infrastructure for Microsoft Exchange Implementations........................................................... 2 Limitations of DAS in Exchange Deployments .................................................................................................... 3 Inefficient Capacity Utilization ............................................................................................................................... 4 Scalability Limitations ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Instability ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Management Shortcomings .................................................................................................................................. 5 Server Virtualization Benefits Exceed DAS limitations ......................................................................................... 5 NetApp Overcomes DAS Limitations.................................................................................................................... 5 High Availability and Data Protection .................................................................................................................... 6 Scalability .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Disaster Recovery ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Manageability ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Exchange and Server Virtualization ...................................................................................................................... 8 Implementation Considerations ............................................................................................................................ 9 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 All trademark names are property of their respective companies. Information contained in this publication has been obtained by sources The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) considers to be reliable but is not warranted by ESG. This publication may contain opinions of ESG, which are subject to change from time to time. This publication is copyrighted by The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. Any reproduction or redistribution of this publication, in whole or in part, whether in hard-copy format, electronically, or otherwise to persons not authorized to receive it, without the express consent of the Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc., is in violation of U.S. copyright law and will be subject to an action for civil damages and, if applicable, criminal prosecution. Should you have any questions, please contact ESG Client Relations at (508) 482-0188. This ESG White Paper was developed with the assistance and funding of NetApp.
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