Re: Is Raid 5 possible on new server with SBS 2003 single partition

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that is outdated information, for the most part. All of my SBS servers are
running a Raid-5 scenario, including the system drive, for many years, with
no problems. As SG pointed out, just make sure you are using a hardware raid
controller.

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Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
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"Bucket" <Bucket@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all, when I studied for my MCSE in NT4 (all those years ago) I remember
> that best practice was to Raid 1 (Mirror) the Operating System partition
> and
> Raid 5 (Striping with Parity) the data partition. While talking to Dell
> about
> ordering a new server, my Account Manager advised it is ok to have the
> three
> hard drives configured as Raid 5. I was under the impression you CAN'T
> 'stripe' the operating system and the swap file. Can anyone out there
> confirm
> that you can Raid 5 the OS and data and Virtual Memory.
>
> My knowledge on Raid is a few years old and maybe SBS and the hardware
> supports Raid 5 now.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help


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