The Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator received an update to reflect changed incorporated in Exchange 2013 SP1, such as adjusted guidance to accomodate for MAPI/http and its impact on the CAS role, as well as revised pagefile sizing guidance. The new version number is 6.3.

Changes since version 6.1:

• Fixed Backup Requirements calculations to include greater than 50 databases.
• Added additional processor core support.
• Fixed the number of database volumes calculation when disk count is specified.
• Fixed the database size calculation for A/P scenarios to match A/A scenario calculations.
• Fixed the calculator to take into account halving database number per volume in non-site resilient scenarios.
• Fixed conditional formatting errors on transport configuration settings.
• Fixed transport sizing to take into account mailbox growth.
• Updated CAS megacycle calculations to align with SP1 guidance.
• Revised Dispart.ps1 script to create database mount points consistent with JetStress performance counters.
• Added Calculator version number to record one field three of CSV export files.

You can download the calculator here. For more information, please consult the release notes and read me

The Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator received an update to reflect changed incorporated in Exchange 2013 CU2, like the increased maximum number of databases. The new version number is 6.1.

Changes since version 5.9:

• Fixed operator mistake in calcNumActiveDBsSF formula
• Fixed missed validation scenario where the calculator could recommend a copy count that could not be deployed on the custom disk architecture
• Optimized remaining servers formula
• Fixed an issue where single datacenter, multiple databases per volume architecture with lagged copies didn’t calculate the correct number of
  copies/volume
• Fixed VirtCPUFactor reference
• Various comment changes
• Improved cell highlights for insufficient disk capacity on storage design tab
• Added additional storage capacities – 1.2TB, 6TB and 8TB
• Fixed database count validation logic to take into consideration dedicated lagged copy servers

You can download the calculator here. For more information please consult the release notes and read me

The Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator received an update to reflect changed incorporated in Exchange 2013 CU2, like the increased maximum number of databases. The new version number is 5.9.

Changes since version 5.8:

• DAG script fix

Changes since version 5.6:

• Fixed VBA error “The object invoked is disconnected from its client” error when recalculating Distribution tab
• Added validation check for per-server database limit
• Improved conditional formatting for JBOD disk capacity/type alerts
• Fixed conditional formatting bug on custom databases input
• Fixed bugs and improved the CreateMBDatabases.ps1 and CreateDAG.ps1 scripts
• Fixed disk function display name problem
• Revised calulation of TotDBVolSpaceDAG on Volume Requirements tab to account for multiple databases per volume
• Fixed bug when custom database size is set to zero
• Fixed number of volumes for 48 copies/server in 2 volumes/backup set scenario
• Removed 2nd site dependency for setting Alt FSW
• Added support for 100 databases / server
• Fixed bug with circular logging export
• Fixed transcript bug in CreateMBDatabaseCopies script
• Adjusted CI memory calculation for corner case scenarios
• Fixed Shadow Effect calculation
• Fixed mistakes in comments
• Disabled AutoReseed when Log Isolation is enabled

You can download the calculator here. For more information please consult the release notes and read me

A short while after the release of the 20.7 update, the Exchange Team released another minor update of the Exchange 2010 Server Role Requirements Calculator, bringing the version number to 20.8.

Compared to 20.7, this version contains a fix for secondary CAS CPU calculations.

You can download the calculator here. For more information please consult the changeblog or usage instructions.