I get the Ferris RSS feed, and one of today's posts is about a report on Exchange reliability.  Here's the Table of Contents, which seem to indicate the direction the report is heading.


Table of Contents

Exchange Reliability and Its Impact on Organizations
     Why Exchange Reliability Is Important
Key Trends and Observations
     Exchange Requires Constant Attention
     It's Very Difficult to Diagnose Exchange Problems
     Monitoring the Environment Helps Alleviate Downtime
     Full Redundancy Is Not Built Into Exchange 
     Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery Are Often Tradeoffs

Important Questions Addressed by This Report Include:

  • Why is unplanned Exchange downtime still a problem?
  • What type of monitoring will help alleviate Exchange downtime?
  • Why is technology for fully redundant systems still not available?
  • Which is more important: a fault tolerant system or disaster recovery?


Now think of what kind of responses you might see if this were a Domino report.  Also take a look at some of the quotes from the report.

Looks like fun reading if you're not an Exchange admin, and a litany of reasons to leave Exchange if you are.


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