Re: optimal hardware configuration for exchange 2003

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My comment:
I say put it all on one partition and do HW LV5 Striping on it. I would also
recommend doing a backup of the data stores daily with an "Exchange Aware"
Backup program (Like the NTbackup program that gets modified when you
install Exchange) This will clear out the log files that can get HUGE
quickly!!!!!

PSS may recommend otherwise, but this is what I use...
David
"dan-ats" <danats@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2D283890-F88B-4D9E-822E-1128C453B7B0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Are you running hardware raid on the system, if so does this mean i will
have
> to get a multi channel raid controller card to support 3 different raid
> configurations on the same box.
> thanks.
>
> "Simon" wrote:
>
> > I find the following good configuration not sure if this the ideal
> >
> > RAID 1 - OS
> > RAID 1 - Log Files
> > RAID 5 - Exchange Stores
> >
> > ~ Simon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "dan-ats" <danats@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:9DA931D7-1149-4AB0-86F8-16B3E3578BED@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Could someone please point me into the right direction for the ideal
> > > hardware
> > > setup for exchange,
> > > i.e raid configuration, location of log files and database files.
> > > thanks
> > >
> >
> >
> >


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