Re: Cheapest, quietest, smallest computer for exchange

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Should be easy. Go for a low voltage EN or SN board have a gigabyte
of RAM a good SATA drive and it will easily cope with Exchange 2003.
Of course if you want Exchange 2007 that is 64bit only so a bit more
of a problem. Have a look at linitx.com or mini-itx.com

Paul

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ho Yin Ng" <architect.hoyin@...>
wrote:
>
> No not that many people .... 10 max I think.
>
> Yes building my own is definately an option if it is going to be
> cheaper and if I can find a suitable case that allows me to have the
> entire system fanless!
>
> Ho-Yin
>
> 2008/7/12 Paul Bendall <paul@...>:
> > Build your own server based on a Jetaway Mini-ITX MoBo, I'm
running a
> > Via EN15000 board which consumes 27W (measured in real-world). It
> > runs Exchange 2003, Domain Contoller, Windows Software Update
> > Service, SQL 2005 and my HA Idratek Cortex software.
> >
> > However, you haven't said how many users you want to support. If
you
> > are hosting a mail server with 100s / 1000s of users this
wouldn't
> > cope. Even so Exchange isn't a processor intensive app, disk
> > subsystem and RAM are more critical to its operation
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ho Yin Ng"
<architect.hoyin@>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Looks like I have to install an exchange server.
> >>
> >> I am looking for a fairly cheap but quiet, low power
consuming
and
> >> small computer that will be powerful enough to run exchange
server.
> >>
> >> Anyone got any pointers?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Ho Yin
> >>
> >
> >
>



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