Exchange 2007 NICs

vdub1.8t · 05-07-2007, 10:39 AM

I have searched around but not coming up with much good information. How many NICs should I be using with Exchange 2007? Thanks!

MAQ_FR · 05-08-2007, 07:31 AM

minimum 1

<sorry couldn't resist>

but 2 of them teamed is better --- as its a bandwidth muncher especially if you have a lot of mailboxes.

If it's clustered, definately 2 more normal is 3 (extra one for the heartbeat)

it also depends if you are using it in live or cached mode, is the global address book updated hourly, daily or in real time etc etc etc

see here - good reading:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb123474.aspx

vdub1.8t · 05-08-2007, 08:53 AM

Thank you very much for your reply. The server has 4 NICs. Would you recommend using all 4?

MAQ_FR · 05-08-2007, 11:51 PM

it depends on how many users / mailboxes you have.

500 mailboxes + and I would team them.........

Personally though I would use 2 of them teamed regardless (for failover protection at least) and possibly another to connect to a workstation (or anywhere else you needed).

but thats purely personal and would be depending on how big the domain was/ users/ projected (anticipated) traffic flow etc etc

05-07-2007, 10:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
vdub1.8t Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 86 OS: WinXP Pro/Home	Exchange 2007 NICs I have searched around but not coming up with much good information. How many NICs should I be using with Exchange 2007? Thanks!

05-08-2007, 07:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
MAQ_FR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Switzerland (origin: Scotland) Posts: 134 OS: WinXP pro: 2003 Server: 2008 Server: RHES 4	Re: Exchange 2007 NICs minimum 1 <sorry couldn't resist> but 2 of them teamed is better --- as its a bandwidth muncher especially if you have a lot of mailboxes. If it's clustered, definately 2 more normal is 3 (extra one for the heartbeat) it also depends if you are using it in live or cached mode, is the global address book updated hourly, daily or in real time etc etc etc see here - good reading: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb123474.aspx __________________ regardz à tous Maq

05-08-2007, 08:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
vdub1.8t Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 86 OS: WinXP Pro/Home	Re: Exchange 2007 NICs Thank you very much for your reply. The server has 4 NICs. Would you recommend using all 4?

05-08-2007, 11:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
MAQ_FR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Switzerland (origin: Scotland) Posts: 134 OS: WinXP pro: 2003 Server: 2008 Server: RHES 4	Re: Exchange 2007 NICs it depends on how many users / mailboxes you have. 500 mailboxes + and I would team them......... Personally though I would use 2 of them teamed regardless (for failover protection at least) and possibly another to connect to a workstation (or anywhere else you needed). but thats purely personal and would be depending on how big the domain was/ users/ projected (anticipated) traffic flow etc etc __________________ regardz à tous Maq