Do we Need and Exchange Box at our satellite location
We have a problem with email being extremely slow to open for people who use the exchange container as their default as opposed to a pst file.
We have an office of 120 people. 30% of the people exchance files using emails that range from 2-5 mb most of the time. 5-10mb files a quartter of the time and up to 20 mb.
Our exchange server resides at the corporate office and we connect on a Point to Point using a T-1. The server is an exchange 2000 server using enterprise server. It will be upgraded to 2003 at the end of the month.
My problem is the IT Director has run some tests and measured spikes and thinks the problem with a slow connection is due to people doing things such as streaming, files sharing programs, and such things. I've gone through and haven't found too much abuse.
My thoughts are we need an exchange box at our location and not via poin to point. IT is resistant to that and I want to know if there are other options that you can think of out there
Thanks in advance....
We have an office of 120 people. 30% of the people exchance files using emails that range from 2-5 mb most of the time. 5-10mb files a quartter of the time and up to 20 mb.
Our exchange server resides at the corporate office and we connect on a Point to Point using a T-1. The server is an exchange 2000 server using enterprise server. It will be upgraded to 2003 at the end of the month.
My problem is the IT Director has run some tests and measured spikes and thinks the problem with a slow connection is due to people doing things such as streaming, files sharing programs, and such things. I've gone through and haven't found too much abuse.
My thoughts are we need an exchange box at our location and not via poin to point. IT is resistant to that and I want to know if there are other options that you can think of out there
Thanks in advance....
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
I understand upgrading to exchange 2003 in conjuction with Outlook 2003 clients helps reduce network traffic dramatically.
Do you think this will help a lot?
Do you think this will help a lot?
ASKER
To add to that note. Exchange 2003 claims that it handles larger packets more efficiently and that by using cached exchange in Outlook 2003. I have not found any case studies to support that claim but if you know hit me back. Thanks
I don't know of documentation proving anything one way or another (doesn't mean it isn't out there, i am just not big on paperwork).
However, RPC/HTTP is a very efficient method of getting mail, and in my experience, is a lot faster than vanilla RPC.
Still, I would not be hesitating with installing a server in this satellite location.
-red
However, RPC/HTTP is a very efficient method of getting mail, and in my experience, is a lot faster than vanilla RPC.
Still, I would not be hesitating with installing a server in this satellite location.
-red
If you company is still hesitant to invest on buying a new server .What you can do is use RPC/https or OWA for half of your users and make them use internet to get to your exchange server.Provided that you have a really good internet link at the branch office.