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Checklist: Top 10 Exchange performance worst practices


David Sengupta
06.07.2005
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With Exchange Server at the core of much of the world's corporate communications infrastructure today, achieving optimal messaging system performance -- whether actual or perceived -- has become an important part of every Exchange administrator's job. Whatever the reason, if "e-mail is slow," your help desk phones will start ringing, and if "e-mail is down," your future at the company may be limited.

Taking a different approach to the challenge of Exchange Server performance, David Sengupta, longtime Exchange MVP and resident SearchExchange.com expert, outlines 10 worst practices you should avoid if you want your Exchange servers to perform at their best.

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[IMAGE] #1: Treat "high availability" as a future project
[IMAGE] #2: Leave "IOPS" for the consultant
[IMAGE] #3: Use identical configuration for all Exchange Server roles
[IMAGE] #4: Encourage users to keep everything in their Inboxes
[IMAGE] #5: Schedule backups and system maintenance during peak usage
[IMAGE] #6: Throttle the RAM available to Exchange
[IMAGE] #7: Virus scan and back up the M drive
[IMAGE] #8: Ignore client configuration, type and usage
[IMAGE] #9: Don't use change control
[IMAGE] #10: Ignore management tools

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