[cisco-voip] Unity Connection - Mailbox Stores

[Jobe Gates]

I've had DRS problems with large stores.  This was on 7.1 and there was a known bug if you go over 10GB it would fail. 

Thanks,
Jobe

On Mar 22, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Tanner Ezell <tanner.ezell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Certainly,
> 
> If you haven't already check out the design guide for CUC:
> 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/8x/design/guide/8xcucdgpdf.pdf
> 
> Section 6 page 4 includes notes about scalability specifically the 2GB
> performance limitation I mentioned.
> 
> Regarding mail box size, I cannot speak to that I'm afraid. I have not
> been in a deployment that used such a large mail box.
> 
> Also, the CUC guide contains specific sections on scaling which will
> probably be on use to you.
> 
> Tanner
> 
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Anthony Holloway
> <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thank you Tanner.  This is for a 1,200 user deployment on a pair of
>> MCS-7835-I3's, with 300GB HDD space, and 4GB of memory.
>> Do you have a source for the 2GB per mailbox comment, or is that coming from
>> experience?
>> Also, can you comment on the 15GB per mailbox store, as it pertains to DRS
>> backing up at a rate of 3GB/hr?
>> Anthony
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Tanner Ezell <tanner.ezell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mailbox sizes above 2GB are not recommend for performance reasons. I
>>> don't believe there is a hard limit on mailbox size.
>>> 
>>> Depending on how many users you are supporting and the hardware
>>> running the platform will really determine the best course of action.
>>> Anything less than a 50-100 users I wouldn't worry about, beyond that
>>> you need to take performance into consideration.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Anthony Holloway
>>> <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Unity Gurus,
>>>> I am reading up on the what's what with Mailbox Stores in CUC 8x, and I
>>>> have
>>>> two questions:
>>>> 1. How closely should I stick to the 15GB per mailbox store for DRS
>>>> purposes?
>>>> 2. Ignoring DRS concerns, how large can a mailbox store be? All of
>>>> available
>>>> disk space?
>>>> In general, can you provide any real world considerations, tips, or
>>>> warnings
>>>> about going down this path?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Anthony Holloway
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