Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server Installation and Administration Guide - Manual (Page 20)

20 Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server Installation and Administration Guide
Note: BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 is designed to be tightly integrated with Microsoft
Active Directory. If you are installing Google Apps Connector with BlackBerry Enterprise
Server 5.0.2, be sure that the server that will host BlackBerry Enterprise Server is joined to a
Microsoft Windows Domain, and the local administration user that is used is a domain
account.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express: Up to 30 Users
The Google Apps Connector requires the following if you plan to support fewer than 30 users
on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express:
• A dedicated server. Do not use a server that is being used for other services.
• Recommended Hardware Requirements: Intel® Pentium® IV processor (2GHz or
greater), 2 GB RAM.
• Windows 2003 SP2 or Windows 2008 SP2 with
language=en
.
• 1GB of disk space per user, in addition to Windows requirements.
• An existing Microsoft SQL Server (if you intend to use Microsoft SQL Server). Microsoft
SQL Server 2000 SP3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express for Microsoft Exchange(R), version 5.0.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server: Up to 250 Users
The Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server requires the following if you
plan to support fewer than 250 users on a BlackBerry Enterprise server:
• A dedicated server. Do not use a server that is being used for other services.
• Recommended Hardware Requirements: Dual Intel® Pentium® IV processor (2GHz or
greater), 4 GB RAM.
• Windows 2003 SP2 or Windows 2008 SP2 with
language=en
.
• 1GB of disk space per user, in addition to Windows requirements.
• An existing Microsoft SQL Server (if you intend to use Microsoft SQL Server). Microsoft
SQL Server 2000 SP3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.2 for Microsoft Exchange(R). Google Apps Connector
can also support BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1.7 MR 3.
If you are piloting the Connector, you can obtain a trial version of BlackBerry Enterprise
Server for 60 days that supports up to 20 users. For full-scale installation, you will need to
purchase a full license for each server.
Note: Research In Motion may issue newer Maintenance Releases for BlackBerry
Enterprise Server. For the latest supported release, see the Google Apps Connector Help
Center article.
If you have existing hardware that does not match the recommended specifications, you might
be able to support up to 250 users depending on your system utilization. Use a performance
monitoring tool (such as the native Windows
perfmon
) to monitor your hardware utilization.