On which machine should I install GFI MailArchiver?

GFI MailArchiver should be installed on a machine that forms part of the Active Directory domain whilst taking into consideration the following points:

•	Email flow experienced by your servers

•	Machine hardware and software specifications

•	Need to archive email from multiple sources concurrently

For example, if you only need to archive email from one Exchange Server, and the server is handling the email flow on your network and still has spare processing capacity, then you can choose to install GFI MailArchiver on the Exchange Server machine directly. On the other hand, if you want to archive email from multiple Exchange servers using IMAP, we suggest that you install GFI MailArchiver on a separate machine.

NOTE 1: GFI MailArchiver does not require a dedicated machine when it is not installed on the mail server. For example, you can, install GFI MailArchiver on machines running other applications such as GFI MailEssentials or GFI MailSecurity.

NOTE 2: In a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment, you can install GFI MailArchiver on a machine with Microsoft Exchange 2007 Client Access Role Server. In this scenario, you need to enable the IMAP service to access the journaling mailbox stored on the Microsoft Exchange 2007 Mailbox Role Server machine. For more information refer to ‘Appendix: Enabling IMAP on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007’ in this manual.

 

The machine on which you choose to install GFI MailArchiver must have Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and the World Wide Web Service installed and running. ASP.NET must be registered since GFI MailArchiver needs to create a virtual directory to host the GFI MailArchiver web interface.