ESX 3i for Exchange 2003

Hello people,

Can I use ESX 3i to consolidate the two Exchange server 2003 for redundancy? 1 box of 2 virtual Exchange. We have about 500 users.

Thank you.

Before you Virtualize your Exchange boxes, I would consider using Exchange 2007 because that provides more users and performance through larger cache sizes.  There is a best practice to do this, use vmware for exchange 2007 pleas google online that he will quickly reveal.

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Stefan Nguyen

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