Exchange 2007 to 2016 Storage Sizing.
Hello All,
I had a question that hopefully you can answer. We are migrating from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2016 (with a 2013 hop) and we are trying to properly configure the sizing on the server.
These new server for exchange 2016 will be on a ESXi/SAN environment.
Our current setup is:
500MB~ Average mailbox size for 450 mailboxes
100~ messages send/receive on each mailbox
8 Databases totaling only 480GB about 60GB each
3 servers. 2 mailbox, 1 cas.
Future setup:
Same as above except we will have a DAG protecting 4 databases.
Our PS team came back with needing almost 15TB of storage per server, 2 new servers. This seems excessive and something we do not currently have available on our SAN.
If you need any info please ask. Thanks.
I had a question that hopefully you can answer. We are migrating from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2016 (with a 2013 hop) and we are trying to properly configure the sizing on the server.
These new server for exchange 2016 will be on a ESXi/SAN environment.
Our current setup is:
500MB~ Average mailbox size for 450 mailboxes
100~ messages send/receive on each mailbox
8 Databases totaling only 480GB about 60GB each
3 servers. 2 mailbox, 1 cas.
Future setup:
Same as above except we will have a DAG protecting 4 databases.
Our PS team came back with needing almost 15TB of storage per server, 2 new servers. This seems excessive and something we do not currently have available on our SAN.
If you need any info please ask. Thanks.
Tech Lead
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Exchange 2016 requires essentially the same RAM/CPU/IOPs per mailbox as Exchange 2013 but requires just a little more compute requirements.
Exchange 2016 only has a single role (MBX role) so the Exchange 2013 guidance needs to be followed for multi role servers.
See here for more information on these changes: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2015/10/15/ask-the-perf-guy-sizing-exchange-2016-deployments/
Also check this article: http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/122658-step-by-step-guide-for-migrating-from-exchange-server-2007-to-exchange-server-2013
Hope this helps!
Exchange 2016 only has a single role (MBX role) so the Exchange 2013 guidance needs to be followed for multi role servers.
See here for more information on these changes: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2015/10/15/ask-the-perf-guy-sizing-exchange-2016-deployments/
Also check this article: http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/122658-step-by-step-guide-for-migrating-from-exchange-server-2007-to-exchange-server-2013
Hope this helps!