install all services on 1 server?

[clf1024]

My current environment is SQL Server Express on a Windows 2003 server running BES 4.1.5.2.6 and running Domino with about just under 300 users.

I'm planning on Building a separate server, Windows Server 2008 with BES 5 sp2, and SQL server 2008 express.

With less than 300 blackberry users, can I install all the Blackberry Enterprise Server components on one computer?

Any assistance or suggestions, much appreciated!

[Tiassa]

It should work as long as you get beefy enough hardware. My server is a 3Ghz P4 with 786 MB and it runs Domino 8.5, W2K3, all the BPS stuff and is also the mail server. Admittedly this is just for 2 people, but I'm pretty sure that as long as you aren't using that box as a mail server and get lots of RAM and a dual or quad core box it'll be just fine.

[murialita]

We have the full BES 5.0.2 server all installed on a 2003, 3.4 GHz Xeon, 2 GB ram, 67.8 GB hard drive server. It's running Domino 8.5 as required, but is not the primary mail server. We have the database on a seperate SQL 2005 server. We have ~35 Blackberry users, but I believe you can have over a thousand and not need to separate components (don't quote me, check the manuals for accurate information). They do recommend you don't install the full BES on your primary/only mail server. Other than that, I'd say you'd be good.

[JayCrew30]

I recently upgrade my organization's BES environment from BES 4.1.7 with Exchange 2003 to BES 5.0.1. I just purchased a single new server with 3GHz quad core with 10GB of RAM running Server 2003 Ent 32-bit. All of the services are currently running on this server along with SQL 2005 Expresss SP1. Everything is running quite smoothly, minimal user issues and happy upper management.

[BB_Addict_09]

We have our BESX instance running on the same server as Exchange (Hub Transport, Mail, and Client Access Roles).

Granted, we have a pretty small deployment with 100 or so exchange users and only about 20 BESX users, but it runs very well.

Server Specs (a little over 2 years old now):
Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon Processors (1.86GHz)
8GB of RAM
4 x 250GB Drives (OS and Application)
4 x 1TB Drives (Database, User Info, Etc)
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Exchange 2010
BES Express

[gcobb]

Even with SQL Express if you're getting much DB activity I'd be moving it to another server itself. I don't know about Lotus but SQL when moved to another server sped things up. The only thing on that server was Sharepoint.