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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I a not sure what platform are you looking
for. But to start I would advice you to check out the following Exchange
calculator:</span></font></p>
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href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2007/01/15/3397742.aspx">http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2007/01/15/3397742.aspx</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I know it might not apply to other
platforms, but it will give you an idea of what questions you should be asking.
For example something like average mailbox size, user’s behavior,
retention periods, concurrent connections, predicted growth rate, required availability
should answer as of what vCPU, RAM and storage capacities you will require.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As for busiest time of the day I find our
server takes heaviest beating on Monday morning to mid-day. But again it goes
back on the nature of the business your organization provides. For example even
though we are 24/7 email dies down during night due to the needs and number of
staff.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hope it helps,</span></font></p>
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mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info
[mailto:mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Eduardo Casarero<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> April 14, 2011 1:17 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> MailScanner discussion<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: OT: Statistics of an
MTA (backend)</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I do have vispan, but i
am more interested in the internal behaviour of the server. internet -> mta
/ mta -> internet is already covered. But i have little expertise on the
storage side of the server.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2011/4/14 Steve Campbell <<a href="mailto:campbell@cnpapers.com">campbell@cnpapers.com</a>></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>VISPAN?<br>
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steve</span></font></p>
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On 4/14/2011 12:58 PM, Eduardo Casarero wrote:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi, everybody. i am sorry for the OT, but i was wondering if someone
can share some backend (MTA) statistics. I need to build a test server to store
emails and give imap/pop3 (this is already working), but i need some
"real-world" info about email flow to big email servers.<br>
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I have this kind of questions for deployments of servers with more than 1000
users:<br>
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- How many emails are recieved per day or per hour (bussiest hours)?<br>
- Average Quota?<br>
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żAny other relevant data?<br>
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This is just to get an idea any comment will be appreciated.<br>
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Thanks!</span></font></p>
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