Re: Server Upgrade
- From: "Jabez Gan [MVP]" <mingteikg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:28:41 +0800
Hey Ken,
Allocate 2 hard disks for the C partition (and create a RAID1) and allocate 3 other hard disks and create a D partition with RAID5.
;)
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Jabez Gan
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - File Storage
"KenM" <KenM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C10D45D5-BE99-419F-BACD-96C13D36EBB2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi, thanks or all your comments. If you could, help me with the following
comment you made:
Reconfigure into 2 or 3 partitions. System partition, you can allocate 40GB.
Install and configure to use Data on D or E partition.
C partition use RAID1. Data partition (D or E) use RAID 5.
When you say reconfigure, do you mean a hardware change, or will it be
possible for me to have more than one array with what I have? With my old
system (which was only raid 1), when I created the array, it used the entire
hard disk for the array. I don't think I ever had any option to only use
part of it. Will the Raid 5 setup that I am getting allow me to do that?
When I created my old array, then I would just create the partitions in disk
management.
Thanks again! Ken
"Jabez Gan [MVP]" wrote:
Reply inline.
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Jabez Gan
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - File Storage
"KenM" <KenM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:656ED310-669E-489E-BF7A-9D4F8172A339@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm replacing a Dell poweredge sc420 that I have used for a server for > the
> past year and a half. I don't have a lot of experience with servers, > the
> SC420 was my first attempt at running SBS2003. I want to make sure > that
> I'm
> purchasing something that will give me much better performance as well > as
> reliability. My old machine has 2 80gb sata drives on a raid 1. Here > is
> a
> description of the new machine.
> It's a poweredge 2900 with a Quad Core Xeon Processor E53352x4MB Cache,
> 2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB, I chose 4GB 667MHz (4X1GB), Dual Ranked Fully
> Buffered
> DIMMs vs 8x512. I don't know if I was better off with the single > ranked
> 512
> or the dual ranked 1gb.
Depending on what u going to do with the server, but dual rankedd 1GB offers
better performance.
I chose a Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 5 PERC 5/i
> Integrated. I got 3 - 73GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in
> HotPlug
> HardDrives. I will be running Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 R2
> with
> SP2 Standard Edition. For a NIC I got Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme > II5708
> GigabitEthernet NIC. I had them put a cd-rw/dvd drive in it. Also
> getting
> Redundant Power Supply with Dual Cords for PowerEdge 2900.
> For backup I will be getting RD1000, Ext USB Drive with bundled SW, and > 3-
> Removable Hard Disk Cartridge for RD1000, 80GB Native/ 160GB Comp. > Also
> purchased Symantec Backup Exec v11d Small Business Server Suite.
>
> Now is this a good setup? My network consists of 4 client computers
> running
> XP pro, and 3 network printers.
For 4 clients, the specs is too good, but it's harmless ;)
All clients access the internet. We also
> connect to our computers from home using remote access. I plan on > adding
> 2
> more clients eventually, but won't ever really need much more. We run
> Quickbooks in multiuser environment, UPS Worldship, and we use Outlook
> Office
> for shared contact list, calendar, etc. Will this be much faster than > my
> old machine which was a Pentium 4.
Yes
>
> Also, Dell sets the entire thing up on one partition.
Reconfigure into 2 or 3 partitions. System partition, you can allocate 40GB.
Install and configure to use Data on D or E partition.
C partition use RAID1. Data partition (D or E) use RAID 5.
In the past I had
> reconfigured (reinstalled) everything to put operating system on C:
> partition, Data for exchange & fax & other shared files on D: > partition,
> and
> other program files like outlook, and client apps on e: partition. I > know
> nothing about how raid 5 works. I just finally figured out raid 1.
> should I
> leave it the way it comes for now, or would I be better off starting > over
> when I get it and reinstalling? Will it work the same as raid 1? In > the
> past I created array ( build/clear it), then I install sbs, created
> partitions and then completed install with the above partitions.
>
> Also, NIC. Do I want 1 or 2. I'm real confused about the way to go > with
> this. I've been reading the community a lot and I get mixed things. > And
> am
> I going to have problems with the NIC installed in that computer.
Get 2 for better performance in the future. If you only need one currently,
have the other one disabled in Windows.
>
> Any advise is appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Ken
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