Specifications

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If you are assigning a role other than the „Search and Indexing Role‟
to a GFI MailArchiver instance, you are prompted to identify the server
which has been assigned that role.
Click Test connection to verify that the „Search and Indexing Role‟
server you specified is accessible.
5.3.1 Recommended deployment scenario
Figure 3 - Deployment scenario
This is the recommended scenario for a GFI MailArchiver distributed
deployment. In this scenario, an organization will be deploying three
GFI MailArchiver instances. Each instance is installed on a separate
server, with each server fulfilling roles as shown in the following table:
Server ID
Role(s)
 Data Collection
 User Mailbox Synchronization
 User Interface and Administration
 Central Configuration Service
 Storage
 Search and Indexing
 Data Import Service
NOTE: To achieve maximum performance, assign the „Data Collection
Role‟ and the User Mailbox synchronization roles to a GFI
MailArchiver instance residing directly on the Microsoft Exchange
server with the journaling mailbox.
These are the steps to follow for this deployment:
1. Install GFI MailArchiver on each server.
2. Execute the Deployment Manager Wizard on each of the three
servers to assign roles to the GFI MailArchiver instances. The roles
should be assigned in the order as listed in the „Executing the