Re: HELP with Exchange 2003 RAID

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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:17:02 -0700, Mrpush
<Mrpush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

I have an Exchange 2003 server with 6 - 7200 RPM 40 GB drives. I have
approx 30-50 users who will be using Outlook for e-mail, sharing contacts and
calendars etc. potentially some sync with PDA's.

My question is what is my best bet for RAID configuration based on the
hardware I have?

There is no budget for faster or larger drives, and I only have 6 bays to
work with, non-hot swap, I believe I can RAID 1, 5, and 10 (0+1).

Thanks much,

MP


You don't have a choice here really, given your caveats.
A RAID1 for the OS and Exchange binaries & logs. A RAID5 for the
stores. The OS & Exchange Binaries and Logs will be fine with 40GB,
more than enough normally.
You'll be restricted to 120GB of mail/public folders which isn't great
but you're only able to have 75GB of email and the rest with public
folders anyway so it's not the end of the world.

Ordinarily if you have Direct Attached Storage you'd have three RAID1
sets but you don't so there's no point me going on.

.

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