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Enterprise or Dedicated Exchange?

A comparison of the main similarities and differences between Enterprise and Dedicated Exchange hosting.

Although Enterprise starts at 50 users and Dedicated at 30 users, Intermedia generally recommends the following:

  • Enterprise Exchange hosting best suits companies with 40 to 125 employees, due to its high resilience SAN and clustered servers, and its attractive price point.
  • Dedicated Exchange hosting suits companies with either specific configuration needs or more than 125 employees, when it becomes more cost-effective than Enterprise plans.

Here is a head-to-head comparison of Enterprise and Dedicated Exchange hosting:

Features Enterprise Exchange Hosting Dedicated Exchange Hosting
Server configuration Clustered servers, optimized for seamless failover and maximum uptime Standalone server with Intel Xeon® processor
Storage technology Highly-redundant EMC CX500 storage area network Disks in RAID array, locally within server
Disk space All storage aggregated, can be divided among mailboxes however users wish Disk space depends on installed hard drives
Additional disk space Add disk space instantly on-demand for $4.95/100 MB Add hard drive(s) to your server, lead time of 2+ days
Mailboxes No limits on individual mailbox size No limits on total storage space No limits on individual mailbox size. Total storage space determined by drive capacity
Additional mailboxes $8.95 (includes additional 200 MB disk space) $7.00 (uses existing disk space on server)
Bandwidth Unlimited 40GB+
Sys-admin support 2 hours migration/setup time included. No remote administration included. 5 hours migration/setup time included. 1 hour+ of monthly remote administration.
Dedicated support, 24x7 included included
Intermedia SLA for 99.99% application and 99.999% network uptime included included
Backup frequency Daily Twice per week
Off-site backup Not available included
Anti-virus included included included
Anti-spam included included $1.49/month per mailbox
Includes HostPilot and MyMailboxManager included included
Free Outlook 2003 for each mailbox included included
Wireless messaging option (GoodLink, ActiveSync) included included
Archiving option included included

Need more specifics? Then take a look at our Enterprise 50 or Enterprise 100 plan details or read more about our Dedicated Exchange hosting plans.

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