Re: Disk configuration

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In news:6F685E3E-7338-473A-A665-19D16AC59FE6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Vince <Vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> I am preparing a new exchange 2003 server. Can anybody advise what
> disk configuration I should use. I have 2 x scsi 75gb HDD's that I
> can Mirror. Is it best to partition the OS, if so to what size? or
> just install everything under C:
>
> I can install another HDD and config the tracking logs to a seperate
> drive if this is best.
> I expect no more than 300 mailboxes on this dual processor xeon
> server.

Hardware (SCSI) RAID is your friend. You need more disks.
You could do the OS on a mirror, logs on a separate mirror volume, database
on RAID5.



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