Mission-critical Microsoft Exchange 2003 : designing and building reliable exchange servers / Jerry Cochran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cochran, Jerry, 1964-

Series:

Digital Press storage technology series.

Digital Press Storage Technologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Client/server computing.

Electronic mail systems.

Microsoft Exchange server.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Digital Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2003 provides a complete update of Cochran's Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000, and complements Tony Redmond's new book, the best-selling Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. This book includes many of the same high-availability topics as the first edition but also expands the coverage of storage technology, server technology, management, and security. The book meets the needs of an Exchange administrator or system implementer who is striving to maintain a production Exchange environment that delivers superior service levels, high availability, manageabili

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; The Increasing Importance of being Mission Critical; Chapter 1. Has Anyone Seen My Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange Server?; 1.1 Why are we here?; 1.2 What does mission critical mean?; 1.3 The four pillars of mission-critical; 1.4 Assumptions about the reader; 1.5 Who should read this book; 1.6 How this book is organized; Chapter 2. Public Enemy #1: Exchange Downtime; 2.1 How do you measure downtime?; 2.2 Step 1: What is the cost of Exchange downtime?; 2.3 Step 2: Understanding the anatomy of Exchange downtime

Chapter 5. Protecting and Recovering Exchange Data5.1 Exchange backup/restore fundamentals; 5.2 In depth: Exchange 2003 backup operation; 5.3 In depth: Exchange 2003 restore operation; 5.4 Supercharged disaster recovery for Exchange Server 2003; 5.5 Additional resources and information; Chapter 6. Exchange Server Disaster-Recovery Best Practices; 6.1 Best practice #1: Understand Exchange technology; 6.2 Best practice #2: Plan and partition data; 6.3 Best practice #3: Establish disaster-recovery service-level agreements; 6.4 Best practice #4: Select the right disaster-recovery technology

6.5 Best practice #5: Select the right backup and recovery strategy6.6 Best practice #6: Look for ways to shrink disaster-recovery windows; 6.7 Best practice #7: Develop an Exchange disaster-recovery plan; 6.8 Best practice #8: Train personnel and practice disaster-recovery; 6.9 Best practice #9: Disaster-recovery management; 6.10 Best practice #10: Plan for growth's impact on disaster-recovery; Chapter 7. Mission-Critical Server and Storage Technologies; 7.1 What's your Exchange server made of?; 7.2 Key server technologies for Exchange Server 2003

7.3 Key storage technologies for Exchange Server 20037.4 Storage technologies overview; Chapter 8. Leveraging Exchange Clusters; 8.1 High availability is a key concern; 8.2 The problems clustering does and does not solve; 8.3 Windows cluster technology fundamentals; 8.4 A history lesson in Exchange Server clustering; 8.5 Successfully deploying Exchange clusters; Chapter 9. Locking Down Mission-Critical Exchange Servers; 9.1 Threat: Denial of service; 9.2 Threat: Viruses and spam/UCE; 9.3 Threat: Unauthorized access and information disclosure; 9.4 Threat: Forgery, spoofing, and relay

9.5 Windows Server security features

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-00707-2

9786611007072

0-08-049189-8

OCLC:

437181647