Re: Configuring storage with Disk Management
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Date: 10/05/04
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 02:40:02 -0700
Bjorn,
Many thanks for your extremely helpful answer.
Kind regards,
Tom
>-----Original Message-----
>Tom
>
>You could create two striped volumes on the 2+2+1GB disk
combination. One
>that uses 1GB from each disk (3GB), and one that uses 1GB
from two of the
>disks (2GB). A striped volume must use the same amount of
space from each
>disk.
>
>A spanned volume could be 5GB.
>
>A striped volume is faster than a spanned volume, as it
accesses the disks
>simultaneously, while a spanned volume will - more or
less - use a single
>disk until it is full, and then continue with next.
>
>This MS Knowledge Base article, detailing the steps
needed to create a
>striped volume is written for Win2003, but the steps are
the same with
>Win2000:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323433
>
>Best regards
>
>Bjorn
>--
>Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
>Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>
>"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi, One of the servers in my company is being moved to a
>>different department to operate as a file and print
>>server. I want to configure the storage.
>>
>>I have already found out that I will have to configure
the
>>disks through the Disk Management tool.
>>
>>1. The Windows 2000 machine has a disk configuration
>>as follows:
>>
>>C: partition fills one of the 2Gb disks, but there are
two
>>additional 2Gb disks and one 1Gb disk available.
>>
>>I would like to create a striped volume with these
>>available disks, but am not sure what is the largest
>>striped volume I could get using these 3 disks? It would
>>also be useful to know the reasoning behind this
>>calculation.
>>
>>2. How would I (step-by-step, please)create a striped
>>volume in the Disk Management tool?
>>
>>3. If I were to decide to create a spanned volume using
>>these disks instead, how large could it be?
>>
>>4. What advantage does a striped volume have over a
>>spanned volume? and why is this?
>>
>>Many thanks in advance for your help!
>
>.
>
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