Hi, I am looking for a technical solution to have a failover for our Exchange server. See below our infrastructure. Site A located in New York, Exchange 2003 running on W2003 st ed R2 sp2, domain windows 2003. Site B (backup site) located in LA. Sites A (subnet A:10.10.2.0) & B (subnet B: 10.10.3.0) are connected each other to a private circuit. They are on the same Windows domain. We want to migrate to Exchange 2007 sp1, std or entreprise ed ? which features in Exchange 2007 do we need to use in order to get a failover system of exchange services? Do we need MSCS on windows 2003? do we have to migrate to W2008 server? etc..... Thanks a lot for your feedback Thomas.
- You need Enterprise Edition of Windows Server - depending on your timeline, you can consider Windows Server 2008, or go with Windows Server 2008. - To "failover", you will need MSCS (unless you are planning to use a partner solution... take a look at those as well... ). - You can use CCR over the WAN - if you use Windows Server 2003, you need to stretch the same subnet over the WAN. Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering allows the use of different subnets. - Consider the location of File Sharing Witness CCR Over WAN: Failover and FSW questions answered http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/04/ccr-over-wan-failover-and-fsw-questions.html -- Bharat Suneja MVP - Exchange www.zenprise.com NEW blog location: exchangepedia.com/blog ---------------------------------------------- "Thomas B." wrote in message news:CC3A7E19-706A-4F87-A053-3117D2C28070@microsoft.com... > Hi, > I am looking for a technical solution to have a failover for our Exchange > server. > See below our infrastructure. > Site A located in New York, Exchange 2003 running on W2003 st ed R2 sp2, > domain windows 2003. > Site B (backup site) located in LA. Sites A (subnet A:10.10.2.0) & B > (subnet > B: 10.10.3.0) are connected each other to a private circuit. They are on > the > same Windows domain. > We want to migrate to Exchange 2007 sp1, std or entreprise ed ? > which features in Exchange 2007 do we need to use in order to get a > failover > system of exchange services? > Do we need MSCS on windows 2003? do we have to migrate to W2008 server? > etc..... > > Thanks a lot for your feedback > Thomas.
I could give you a very long winded response, but I will go easy on you. You will Windows Server 2008 for that long of a distance for one cluster. If you want to use SCR (a great SP1 feature for Exchange Server 2007), then Windows 2003 will work nicely. With SCR you don't have to have a cluster at either end. Cheers, Rodney R. Fournier MVP - Windows Server - Clustering http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner "Thomas B." wrote in message news:CC3A7E19-706A-4F87-A053-3117D2C28070@microsoft.com... > Hi, > I am looking for a technical solution to have a failover for our Exchange > server. > See below our infrastructure. > Site A located in New York, Exchange 2003 running on W2003 st ed R2 sp2, > domain windows 2003. > Site B (backup site) located in LA. Sites A (subnet A:10.10.2.0) & B > (subnet > B: 10.10.3.0) are connected each other to a private circuit. They are on > the > same Windows domain. > We want to migrate to Exchange 2007 sp1, std or entreprise ed ? > which features in Exchange 2007 do we need to use in order to get a > failover > system of exchange services? > Do we need MSCS on windows 2003? do we have to migrate to W2008 server? > etc..... > > Thanks a lot for your feedback > Thomas.
