Specifications

GFI MailArchiver 6.1 for Exchange - Getting Started Guide New Installations  11
4. New Installations
4.1 Where should GFI MailArchiver be installed?
Install GFI MailArchiver on a machine that is part of an Active
Directory domain. Before proceeding with the installation, first
consider the following details:
 Email volume on your servers – Installing GFI MailArchiver on a
mail server where a high volume of emails received and
processed will invariably put more load on server resources. This
can cause these servers to become unresponsive and not process
mail in a timely fashion.
 Hardware and software specifications of your servers – The
hardware and software specifications listed in the System
requirements section above should be considered to be over and
above the requirements of other software installed on the same
server. Servers which are nearing their capacity in terms of
resources should not be used to install GFI MailArchiver.
 Need to archive email from multiple sources concurrently –
Installing GFI MailArchiver on a server which is not granted access
to multiple sources creates a problem in the centralization efforts
of email data archival.
If all of the above details are considered not to be of significant issues
then you can consider installing GFI MailArchiver on the mail server.
Example:
 If you need to archive email from one Microsoft Exchange Server,
and the server is handling the email flow on your network and still
has spare processing capacity, then you can consider installing
GFI MailArchiver on the Microsoft Exchange Server machine
directly.
 If you want to archive email from multiple Microsoft Exchange
servers using IMAP, it is recommended that you install GFI
MailArchiver on a separate server.
GFI MailArchiver does not require a dedicated machine when it is not
installed on the mail server.
Example:
 Install GFI MailArchiver on machines running other applications
such as GFI MailEssentials or GFI MailSecurity.