Re: New Dell Server needs SBS2003 Reinstall-Partition question



In news:u3mc7aVFGHA.752@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
SuperGumby [SBS MVP] <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> it is strongly recommended to have at least 2 partitions, 1 for OS
> and 2nd for DATA. This means that an increase in DATA (intentional or
> accidental) does not stop the server from booting due to lack of
> space.
> Personally, I believe additional partitions (3 or more) are
> unnecessary unless they are actually on seperate HDD's or RAID arrays.

I'd prefer that too - but remember, if you put your Exchange DBs/logs on the
same partition as your user data folders, you run the risk of Exchange
getting hosed because someone's iTunes data runs amok and uses up all the
disk space. I don't want users having any access to the volume on which my
Exchange data & logs (and queues) are stored....

>
> "Craig Kalugin" <CraigKalugin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:BBBBBC55-B4F4-4D39-82AB-228B4384BAF1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> We have a new Dell Poweredge 2800 Server with (4) 73Gb,U320,SCSI, 1
>> IN 10K drives with Embedded RAID - PERC4. My question is since this
>> server has not
>> been in service yet, i am going to reistall the operating system to
>> prepare
>> for Swing Migration. Right now there is only (1) partition of about
>> 136 Gb (Drive C:). Is it okay to keep it that way or should I
>> partition it differently? Also, where will the Exchange data go
>> after the the Swing Migration? Drice C:?


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