Run Microsoft Exchange on VMware vSphere to not only match, but exceed the performance of physical servers by 100% or more. Consolidate multiple Exchange server roles and mailboxes to reduce infrastructure footprint by 5X to 10X. Maximize Exchange availability without the complexity of Microsoft clustering. Right-size Exchange infrastructure and scale your mailboxes dynamically to support increasing loads.
- Visit the Email Virtualization Community
- Download the free Exchange "Getting Started" Kit
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Double the Performance of Your Exchange Infrastructure
Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010 perform very well on VMware vSphere. Run all Exchange server roles, including the mailbox server, on vSphere with confidence, to not only match but exceed the performance of physical servers. Each VMware vSphere virtual machine scales to 32 vCPU and 1 TB of memory, and can easily support the IO intensive requirements of Exchange mailbox servers. With VMware vSphere, multiple mailboxes can be scaled out on larger multicore servers to increase overall throughput. For example, on a 16 core server, we have demonstrated that VMware vSphere can double the maximum throughput achieved with Exchange 2007 from 8,000 to 16,000 end-user mailboxes.
Consolidate Exchange Infrastructure by 5X to 10X
Exchange infrastructure can typically be consolidated by 5X to 10X with vSphere. Consolidate multiple Exchange server roles onto shared physical servers and eliminate the need to deploy dedicated standby hosts for high availability and disaster recovery.
Ensure Exchange Availability and Service Levels
Maximize Exchange availability without the complexity of Microsoft Clustering. Leverage the Application Services built into vSphere to provide simple and cost-effective high availability and disaster recovery for all Exchange server roles without needing dedicated standby servers. Alternatively, run Microsoft Clustering on VMware vSphere to double your protection and provide best-in-class availability.
Scale Exchange dynamically to support increasing loads, eliminate sizing headaches, and reduce overprovisioning. Start with small memory and CPU configurations and gradually expand capacity to support growing load by machinehot-adding capacity to virtual machines or migrating with VMware vMotion to larger hosts.
Accelerate delivery of new email services. Provision new Exchange instances or additional services such as BlackBerry Enterprise Server from pre-configured vApps in just minutes. Use VMware snapshots and clones to reproduce your Exchange environment in the lab for testing and troubleshooting, and eliminate the need to maintain a dedicated test environment.
Leverage Full Microsoft Support for VMware vSphere
Microsoft officially supports VMware vSphere for running Microsoft Windows and major applications including Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint Server. VMware ESX was the first hypervisor to be validated under the Microsoft Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP), providing customers who run Windows Server and Microsoft applications with cooperative support from Microsoft and VMware. Customers can now run Exchange on vSphere with the peace of mind that they will receive the same level of support they received on physical servers.
Full Support for VMware vMotion, HA and DRS in virtualized Exchange environments. Organizations virtualizing Exchange can benefit from VMware's availability options with full support from Microsoft. VMware HA, DRS and vMotion features are fully supported with Exchange 2010 DAGs as of Exhange 2010 SP1. Read VMware’s guidance on using vMotion, HA and DRS with Exchange 2010 DAG.
New Microsoft licensing enables efficient use of vMotion. Microsoft licensing has recently been modified to allow customers to reassign licenses between physical servers as frequently as desired. This new licensing flexibility enables efficient use of vMotion for Windows Server and major applications including Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint Server.
