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Francesco_30360
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Mar 31, 2014

LTM Sizing for Microsoft Exchange 2013

I need to provide load-balancing in support of an Exchange 2013 implementation with about 4000 mailbox. I was wondering if there are any published guidelines on how to decide which hardware\virtual platform to use ?

 

Thanks Francesco

 

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  • Emre_Ovali_1466's avatar
    Emre_Ovali_1466
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    Apr 01, 2014

    Hi Francesco,

     

    I searched about some published guides however, there is not any guide about Exchange2013. But, I think that BIG-IP LTM 2000s can properly satify your needs.

     

    Here is the spects of 2000s; L7 requests per second: 212K L4 connections per second: 75K L4 HTTP requests per second: 550K Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 5M Throughput: 5 Gbps L4/L7 Hardware SSL: Included: 2,000 TPS (2K keys) Maximum: 2,000 TPS (2K keys) 4 Gbps bulk encryption*

     

    In addition to this, 1600 - 3600 - 3900 series of BIG-IP are the older series and in my opinion, they will be end of life in a year if not they should :) . You should consider this as a key point for your future investment.

     

    Regards.