Exchange 2007 Server Setup

Okay, well, I have my two new servers setup. I setup Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x64 on each system. Now here comes the fun; to cluster, or not to cluster? The thing is, to have a true clustered exchange environment you apparently need three systems. On top of those three systems, you need to have an edge transport server for SMTP handling. I only have two new systems, and one older system for the edge transport. I have to figure out how this has to be taken care of. We need full redundancy and availability – we can’t afford to have exchange go down after it did so for four days.

We would be in hot water if this new system went down in the future.