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e-mail move is slow, but not normally that slow. I would double the quota settings for each user to ensure you are not seeing issues there as this slows things sown and I would also double check the network and cpu indicators. Thanks David
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how difficult is it to reconfigure the router /firewall in a small business to enable smtp traffic outbound? I've not seen this issue, but migration puts the e-mail transmit requirement onto the SBS 2008 box if I remember correctly. Thanks David
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Hi, I know this has gone out to UK SBSC partners, but I thought I should let people know through the blog too. Technical School: installing and Configuring Small Business Server 2008 Technical Schools are a series of monthly Live Meetings specifically for the Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC) and Registered partners who specialise in targeting
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Have a look in the add-ins - it looks like the references to the "search" tool "scout" are there. If so, look to remove them and things should be fine (or re-download scout for Office - I think it was on OfficeLabs)
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I would phone Microsoft support and see if they will help you without charging. Applying updates should not cause this type of issue. Failing that, what hardware and other software are you using? Thanks David
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RAID 1 means that the disks are exact duplicates, so if one fails, the other should take it's place (as a very simple discription). My raid controllers will automatically rebuild if a new disk is inserted, but this is down to the raid controller. If you have 2 sets of raid 2 disks, then idealling the disks in each set should be the same size, but
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If you have daily backups then yes you can recover, however since disks fail quite frequently, you will have downtime due to recovery that could be completely avoided for the cost of a disk (or two) in the sevrer. I hope that makes sense. Thanks David
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Hi, normally I would consider installing the OS on some form of protected drive otherwise when (not really if) this fails, you are in a world of pain. Having said that, depending on the load, you might need more more drives in your raid array to manage throughput. Thanks David
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I got my daily update from the Register today to read about the sad loss of the journalist Guy Kewney . I met Guy on several occasions in my work with SBS 2003 and I remember his desire to understand how it impacted people and their ability to have a happy successful business. He occasionally contacted me on IM and I particularly remember
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Hi David, I have been through the process in the order in the book, although not with an external SSL certificate. Thanks for the feedback. David