Re: SBS 2003 Installation Drives - Folders



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John <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Is there a document that describes the optimal installation locations
for an SBS 2003 Premium installation.

I am setting up a new server. I anticipate creating two hardware
mirrors of approx. 70 Gb. each. I have 6 drive bays available but I
would prefer to keep the 2 open bays for hot spares. If the
perfomance increase justified it, I would give up one of the spare
drives to act as a dedicated swap file location.

We run an additional server for File/Print/RDP so SBS will primarily
be used for Exchange and SQL, with the addition of Microsoft CRM 3.0.
on this installation.

I do not intend to install ISA right now but could add it in the
future for learning purposes. We currently run an external firewall
with VPN connections to multiple networks.

I guess my question(s) is really how I should break up the drives for
OS, Exchange Components, and SQL Components. My original plan was to
allocate as follows:

Mirror 1
First Partition = 20 Gb. for OS
Second Partition = 25 Gb. for SQL Application and other applications
except Exchange.
Third Partition = 25 Gb. for Exchange Application and Exchange Logs.

Mirror 2
First Partition = 40 Gb. for Exhange Mail Storage.
Second Partition = 30 Gb. for SQL Database.

Am I going about this correctly or should I be using a different
configuration?

Thank you.

One note - your config could work fine, although I'd find the 40GB limit too
tight for Exchange - with the advent of SP2, each store can grow up to 75GB.
And you want some wiggle room.

I do like the hotspare idea - a single global hotspare should work.







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