I have been asked to consolidate several smaller offices into one main location in our company. Currently, we have three servers setup in our local area, totaling roughly 1900 users. My initial thought was to setup an Active/Passive Exchange Cluster with two servers utilizing our SAN. But during some of my research it's been stated that a single node should not own more than 1900 users. Seeing as how we are already at that number, I'm not comfortable with that configuration. With that in mind, I'm looking at two options:
1) Two separate Active/Passive Clusters, splitting the users up between the two.
2) Or an Active/Active/Passive Cluster with three servers and two Exchange Virtual Server instances.
So finally, here are my questions. Is number 2 viable? Has anyone done a configuration like this before and if so, how many problems did you have? Are there any specific requirements I should be looking at before even suggesting such a configuration?
"I reject your reality and substitute one of my own.
1) Two separate Active/Passive Clusters, splitting the users up between the two.
2) Or an Active/Active/Passive Cluster with three servers and two Exchange Virtual Server instances.
So finally, here are my questions. Is number 2 viable? Has anyone done a configuration like this before and if so, how many problems did you have? Are there any specific requirements I should be looking at before even suggesting such a configuration?
"I reject your reality and substitute one of my own.