Disk Partitioning/RAID recommendations

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From: Els (Els_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:25:02 -0700

Just a quick one. Repartitioning drives as we move from Exchange 2000 to
2003 with 20 users.

The Exchange server has 6 x 16Gb SCSI drives that are all in a single RAID5
set. (No, I didn't set it up this way)

I am considering changing to:

2 drives Mirrored to be used as the OS drive and Program files drive,
Probably split into C: and D: since our current Exchange installation is on
the D: drive.

3 drives in a RAID5 array for the database and logs (Is this normally the G:
drive)

1 drive as a spare, perhaps to be used as temporary storage if needed.
(Maybe put logs here?)

Is this a good plan, or is there a better way to do it? Thanks for your
suggestions.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Hard Drive Configuration for Exchange 2003
    ... How do I identify the logs that should be moved after the install? ... Go to the properties of the Storage Group in Exchange System Manager. ... I've read that the following should be on separate drives: ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange.setup)
  • Re: Hard Drive Configuration for Exchange 2003
    ... How do I identify the logs that should be moved after the install? ... C:\ OS, Exchange binaries, Exchange Queues - RAID 1 ... I've read that the following should be on separate drives: ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange.setup)
  • Re: Exchange storage question
    ... If you have enabled message tracking, where are your tracking logs? ... other exchange components installed, ... The original installation was installed using G: ... The drives for this installation were too slow and caused ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange.admin)
  • Re: Move Exchange Database Procedure
    ... array and a single drive for something else (log file and paging file, ... Exchange Database Move Procedure: ... The Exchange DB and the OS are currently on 10K RPM drives. ... Should I move the logs to the faster 15K drives also or leave ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange.admin)
  • Re: New installrecommendations
    ... Contains All SBS Applications and Antivirus stuff + Exchange Logs ... partition on the RAID 5, ... drives, you should format the drives with a 16k block size instead of the ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)