SAGE Wisdom Blog - Server Buying Guide for Exchange 12. Hint: think 64-bit

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Server Buying Guide for Exchange 12. Hint: think 64-bit

posted on 9/5/2006 1:41:23 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Thinking of buying a new server for Exchange 2003 in the near future? Or are you thinking of upgrading to Exchange 12 when it is released in 2007? Well, think a 64 bit processor. The Microsoft Exchange Team Blog's page all but sets that requirement in stone, saying "Exchange 12 will only be supported in production environments when it is running on an x64 edition of Windows Server 2003." "Production environment" is the key phrase that makes the move to 64 bit pretty much a lock. Check out the rest of the blog entry for a buying guide for hardware running Exchange 2003 that can upgrade to Exchange 12, and according to their hardware requirements, DON'T buy a server with an Itanium chip even though it is 64-bit.

So do you buy a 32-bit server for Exchange 2003 alone or a 64-bit one that can eventually host Exchange 12? If you go the 64-bit route, you also will need the 64-bit version of Windows Server, as well. Oh, by the way, Microsoft suggests also going with new multi-core processors, probably 2 of them, and being able to max out memory to 16GB when you upgrade to Exchange 12.

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