Sun StorageTek 6540 Array Storage Solution for 20,000 Mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange 2007

September 2008

Introduction

This document describes a Microsoft Exchange 2007 primary storage solution on the Sun StorageTek 6540 array that is targeted for an environment in which there are mailboxes for 20,000 users. The Sun StorageTek 6540 array can be an excellent choice for medium and large sized businesses.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Disclaimer
• Features
• Solution Description
  • Targeted Customer Profile
  • Tested Deployment
• Best Practices
  • Core Storage
• Test Result Summary
  • Reliability
  • Primary Storage Performance Results
  • Streaming Backup and Recovery Performance
    • Database Read-only Performance
    • Log Read-only Performance
• Conclusion
• Appendix
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Performance Test Result Report
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Performance Test Result Report 2
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Performance Test Result Report 3
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Performance Test Result Report 4
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Streaming Backup Test Result Report
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Streaming Backup Test Result Report 2
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Streaming Backup Test Result Report 3
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Streaming Backup Test Result Report 4
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: SoftRecovery Test Result Report
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: SoftRecovery Test Result Report 2
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: SoftRecovery Test Result Report 3
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress: Streaming Backup Test Result Report 5

For More Information

Here are additional Sun resources:

• Sun storage management downloads page
• Sun training courses at http://www.sun.com/training/, for example:
  • Sun StorageTek 6000 Installation and Configuration Training (LSI-6000)
  • Sun StorageTek 6000 Performance Tuning (LSI-6001)
  • Sun StorageTek Business Analytics Software Administration (STK-2702)
  • Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager 5.0 Administration (WET-2301)
• Support:
  • Register your Sun gear
  • Services
  • SunSolve Online
• Discussions, such as the Storage Forums (available from the Hardware tab)
• Sun StorageTek 6540 array document collections at http://docs.sun.com:
  • Sun StorageTek 6540 Array Documentation
  • Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software 6.1 Documentation
  • Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software 6.0 Documentation
• Wikis:
  • Storage Administration wiki
  • BluePrints wiki, especially the Storage BluePrints
  • BigAdmin wiki's Storage Tech Tips page
• Related web sites and articles:
  • Sun storage web site
  • Sun StorageTek 6540 array web site
  • BigAdmin Storage Resource Collection
  • Storage Stop Blog
• Events of interest to users of Sun products
  • Worldwide developer events
  • Current events