ClaudeWalker
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Lync Questions (Overhead, Deployment, PBX integration)/Experience and Hearsay appreciated
Do I need to get a seperate server for Lync 2010? We have about 50 end-users most will be using the system for IM and perhaps the PBX integration later on.
Could I install it on the same server as our 1) Exchange Box (12 GB of RAM, dual socket quad xeons, 10k raid 1 OS, 15k raid 5 data + external mailfoundry spam box/appliance)? Otherwise, I could install it on our grossly under utilized 2) Dynamics GP server. However, I'd have to be certain it would not interfere (such as crash) the server with our finance server. Finally, perhaps I could put it on a 3) smaller BES/MS SCCM/WSUS (configuration manager) server.
Which server should/could I put it on: 1) exchange, 2) Dynamics GP (needs to be absolutely stable), 3) SCCM/WSUS/Blackberry Enterprice Server
Initially, I'm going to use it for IM funtionality only but I'd like to integrate it with our PBX (samsung officeserv 7200). If the Lync Server goes down do all our phones go down even though they still use the PBX?
How is the performance impacted client-side?
Is the intial configuration difficult? More or less difficult than System Center Configuration Manager?
The main pre-implementation/sales question is do I need another server though
Thanks,
Joe K.
Could I install it on the same server as our 1) Exchange Box (12 GB of RAM, dual socket quad xeons, 10k raid 1 OS, 15k raid 5 data + external mailfoundry spam box/appliance)? Otherwise, I could install it on our grossly under utilized 2) Dynamics GP server. However, I'd have to be certain it would not interfere (such as crash) the server with our finance server. Finally, perhaps I could put it on a 3) smaller BES/MS SCCM/WSUS (configuration manager) server.
Which server should/could I put it on: 1) exchange, 2) Dynamics GP (needs to be absolutely stable), 3) SCCM/WSUS/Blackberry Enterprice Server
Initially, I'm going to use it for IM funtionality only but I'd like to integrate it with our PBX (samsung officeserv 7200). If the Lync Server goes down do all our phones go down even though they still use the PBX?
How is the performance impacted client-side?
Is the intial configuration difficult? More or less difficult than System Center Configuration Manager?
The main pre-implementation/sales question is do I need another server though
Thanks,
Joe K.
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I would say that the server you are building should be plenty to run lync. It gets a little bit trickier to say for sure that you will not have any problems when you add in WSUS and BES. I have never ran this combination so I cant speak from first hand experience. I would make a guess that you would be ok running in this configuration.
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Thanks very much. I'll let you know how it goes. I bumped everything up to 16GB RAM, RAID 1 SSD OS, RAID5 3 drive SATA.
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This is used for WSUS and BES only thus far. Could I install Lync on that (50 people intranet IM only)?
When we integrate with the PBX I'll go to SAS drives in a larger case wth redundant PSU's and dual socket board.
Thoughts?
Also, thanks for your detailed response.