May 22, 2006 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Exchange Hosting company 123Together.com (http://www.123together.com) has established a number of tips and points of practice related to Exchange Hosting which apply to users at a range of ability levels.
For those involved in Exchange Hosting, 123Together.com recommends an immediate upgrade to the 2003 Exchange Server as a means of improving exchange server performance and enhancing security. In addition, the company suggests regular reviews of the Microsoft Exchange Teams online documentation (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/library/default.mspx) to be a must to keep abreast of how the technology is evolving and related issues.
The company also suggests it is essential to implement an effective storage design stating a common error of system administrators is to design Exchange Server for capacity and not performance. The first step advised by 123Together.com should be to calculate the I/O per second (necessary to implement an effective storage design) and then work on disk geometry. Diskpar, a tool provided by Microsoft, allows you to align the disk tracks with sector tracks and can increase disk performance up to 20%. 123Together.com also recommends downloading and installing the free Exchange Best Practices Analyzer (ExBPA) tool as it generate reports on configuration issues, potential problems, and non-default product settings.
Established in 1997 123Together.com is a leading Exchange Hosting company running Microsoft Exchange 2003 servers. The company has a firm focus on security to ensure a productive and secure work environment for customers and users.
