Hi there,
I am designing up a new server solution and as the technology is fairly cutting edge and the investment is large, I thought I would run it past people to see what they think, and garner any suggestions. Also I am aware that people may have set up systems like this before and have found\created set up guides, lists of gotchas, etc. I am aiming for redundancy across Email, web servers, network shares, and hardware. On top of this I would like the system to be expandable, to be able to put email servers in our international offices, in order to provide greater redundancy would be excellent. Basically any constructive input would be GREATLY appreciated! This is what I have planned:
Server 1
HP DL380 G5 12GB RAM, 8 x 146GB SAS Disks, 2 x Quad Core Xeon
Array 1 2 x 146GB SAS in Raid 1 Array 2 2 x 146GB in Raid 1 Array 3 4 x 146GB SAS in Raid 5
Server running VMware ESX Server 3.5
VMs running Windows Server2003 Standard x64 & x86
VM1 Exchange Server 2007 Standard (6GB Memory), VM2 Windows 2003 Standard x 64 for file sharing, VM3 Windows 2003 Standard x86 for IIS, VM4 Domain Controller / Active Directory
Server 2
HP DL380 G5, 12GB RAM, 8 x 146GB SAS Disks, 2 x Quad Core Xeon
Server running VMware ESX Server 3.5
VMs running Windows Server2003 Standard x64 & x86
Array 1 2 x 146GB SAS in Raid 1 Array 2 2 x 146GB in Raid 1 Array 3 4 x 146GB SAS in Raid 5
VM1 Exchange Server 2007 Standard (6GB Memory), VM2 Terminal Server VM3 Backup Server
Software
Is VMware ESX server the best way to go for using virtual machines?
Backup What should I be running here? If there is a good way to backup VMware then I would love to hear about it, I am thinking of backing everything up to 1TB USB Drives. Is Symantec Backup Exec & System Recovery the way to go here?
Misc Hardware
UPS 2 x 3000VA UPS
Big Questions
Does VMware work well on this hardware? I am assuming that VMware ESX is best in this scenario.
What is the best way to make Exchange 2007 redundant here would that be clustering?
So that is where I am at now, if you can see any glaring problems or simply have found a way to do things in a way I havent considered please post away!
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