Re: SMS 2003 Installation & Configuration Question

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Also, I did the Capacity Planning for my site and got the following output.

Assuming an even distribution of clients, deploy 1 Primary Site
Server(s) at this location, each with the following:
Number of processors: 1 x 1 GHz.
Memory: 1 GB minimum
Number of disk arrays: 4 x SCSI Disk Arrays;one for OS, one for SMS,
one for SQL DB and one for packages; Amount of storage: minimum of 1 year
worth of packages
Number of NIC's: 1 @ 100Mbps
Comments: Disk arrays can be a single disk, or multiple disks
depending on budget and fault tolerance needs. Consult hardware provider for
recommendations. Number of clients supportable will depend on frequency and
volume of SWD.
Additional Comments:


Can I have a single array and have one single large partition where I could
install my OS, SMS, SQL DB and packages?



"Neil" <neil.christopher@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Steve,

Thanks for the reply.........

I am sure it would be better to have the SMS database on the SAN for
reliability purpose.I need to do some prep work on the SAN, due to disk
space availability and need to merge couple of unused LUNs to have around
100GB of space. So, would it be wise to go ahead in using the enormous
amount of server disk space that is available atleast 180GB Data partition
(leaving 100GB for System Parition) except for the concerns that in the
event server crashes the database :) which usually does not happen atleast
with 2003 onwards.

So, any thoughts on this?

thanks in advance
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"Neil" <neil.christopher@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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After several long years now I have the opportunity to do the project on
SMS and I am really looking forward and eager to do it. I have not had
the time yet to go through the document which I am going through, but
would like to ask few questions before I proceed.

1. Can I have a single partition (146.8 GB x 3 HDD) RAID 5 capacity of
280GB? Preferably with the database stored on the SAN? or

You can do anything you want! (just kidding)

2. Can I have two partitions (System and Data) on the server and store
the database on the server? If so, will the above disk space be
sufficient based on 1000 desktops with a growth of another 200 desktops
the next 5 years?

That is plenty more than you will need for 10000 desktops :) With regards
to splitting partitions, that is really your call. There is no right
answer here, other than if you do create a system partition, don't make
it too small :)

Steve





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