Martin
Fri Sep 10 15:39:58 CDT 2004
That's all accurate. The point I was making was that you still need to OS to
support clustering as well. Windows 2003 Standard does not do that.
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Martin Blackstone
MVP - Exchange
http://www.swinc.com/resource/exchange.htm
http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxc.htm
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson@mnpower.com> wrote in message
news:eabvzV3lEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Here is what I found
>
> Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition System Requirements
>
> Component Requirement Recommendation
> Processor Intel Pentium or compatible 133-megahertz (MHz) or higher
> processor Intel Pentium or compatible 733-MHz processor
> Operating system* a.. Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server, Windows 2000
> Advanced Server, or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with SP3 or later
> b.. Microsoft Windows ServerT 2003, Standard Edition; Windows
> Server
> 2003, Enterprise Edition; or Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
> Note: Exchange Server 2003 does not run on 64-bit editions of Windows
> Server 2003. Windows Server 2003
> Memory 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM 512 MB of RAM
> Available hard-disk space You need:
> a.. 500 MB on the hard disk where you install Exchange Server 2003
> b.. 200 MB on the system drive
> You need:
> a.. 500 MB on the hard disk where you install Exchange Server 2003
> b.. 200 MB on the system drive
>
> Drive CD drive CD drive
> Display VGA or higher resolution monitor VGA or higher resolution
> monitor
> Input device Microsoft Mouse or compatible input device Microsoft
> Mouse or compatible input device
> File format Disk partitions must be formatted for the NTFS file
> system, not the file allocation table (FAT) file system. This requirement
> applies to:
> a.. System partition
> b.. Partition storing Exchange Server binaries
> c.. Partitions containing transaction log files
> d.. Partitions containing database files
> e.. Partitions containing other Exchange Server files
> Disk partitions must be formatted for the NTFS file system, not the
> FAT
> file system. This requirement applies to:
> a.. System partition
> b.. Partition storing Exchange Server binaries
> c.. Partitions containing transaction log files
> d.. Partitions containing database files
> e.. Partitions containing other Exchange Server files
>
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>
> Paul
>
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> "Martin Blackstone [MVP - Exchange]" <ExchangeMVP@gmail.com> wrote in
> message news:uD#rcG3lEHA.3340@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Actually I believe you need Windows 2003 Ent Ed to support a cluster.
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>> --
>> Martin Blackstone
>> MVP - Exchange
>>
>>
http://www.swinc.com/resource/exchange.htm
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>>
http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxc.htm
>> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson@mnpower.com> wrote in message
>> news:uZ8gVB3lEHA.948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > Never mind I found it. Either Standard or Enterprise edition.
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>> > Paul
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>> > "Paul Bergson" <pbergson@mnpower.com> wrote in message
>> > news:eiyRH42lEHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >> If I want to run Exchange 2003 Clustering I need to use Exchange 2003
>> >> Enterprise Edition, but does this mean I also have to run Windows 2003
>> >> Enterprise Edition?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Paul
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