Re: Disk layout for new 2003 domain controllers
From: Dr. Doogie (drdoogie_at_wave.net)
Date: 08/05/04
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Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:30:12 -0500
Question? Why do you recommend avoiding RAID 5?
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"MOTE" <houndsman@nospam.nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Jim Watts" <Jim.Watts@news.postalias> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm in the process of planning the upgarde of our domain controllers to
>> Windows 2003 (from 2000). The only question i have left is how to lay out
>> the disk partitions on the servers. I'm aware that OS, Directory (.dit
> and
>> SYSVOL) and Log files should all be kept separate but does the
>> recommendation of having the page file on a separate physical disk to the
> OS
>> still apply, and should it also not share with the Logs and/or the
> Database?
>> Given up to 5 disks and a RAID controller what would people recommend as
>> a
>> disk layout?
>>
>> Any pointers to best practive documentation would be really useful,
>>
>> Many thanks
>> --
>> Jim Watts,
>> Information Systems Services
>> University of Southampton
>>
>>
>
> Hello Jim,
>
>
> If this is a large enterprise, and these will be dedicated Dcs, then I
> recommend.....
>
> Two RAID 1 Volumes (hardware raid,of course)
> Avoid RAID 5, if possible.
> Try to move the pagefile over to the second volume.
> AD Database on C:\
> AD Log files and IIS files on D:\
> pagefile on D:\
>
> Regards,
>
>
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