Re: SBS2003 Partitioning
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:50:57 -0800
There are no set in stone rules for partitioning a server or how many drives and how to configure them. It all depends on how the server will be used, budget, and personal preference of the installer. That said I have two comments. 80 GB drives are ludicrously small in today's market. The price difference between an 80 GB drive and a 250 GB drive is spare change. Given that you will be using larger than 80 GB drives why worry about it. Allocate at least 40 GB to the system partition and forget about it. It is overkill but it will be one less thing to worry about for the next few years. It is absolutely silly to try and squeeze every last bit of space out of a small drive these days. Buy drives much larger than you think you need and spend your time worrying about things that matter like security, backups, uptime, etc..
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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"Arthur" <mynewsgroupaccount@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ObiV3$eIHHA.816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have been reading through this group's discussions around best practice for partitioning a Small Business Server.
When setting up an entry-level system using for example an HP ML110 with 80Gb disk I have always used a 15Gb partinion for the OS and a second partition using the rest of the disk to store the SQL database, Exchange store and logs and users shared folders and other file shares. I have read recently that it _could_ be a good idea to put the pagefile on a different partition but it seems to me that this would degrade rather than enhance performance.
I was interested to find this on the HP website
http://www27.compaq.com/SB/ExchangeSizer/ExchangeASP/PreConfigSolutions.aspx?PreConfigSolId=0
Is this a good idea ?
I would be interested in hearing the views of the experts. I don't want to start discussions about adding extra spindles and RAID types for OS and Data/SQL/Exchange I just want to find out in an entry-level system with a hardware RAID1 configuration whether two (or even one) partitions are acceptable or whether the configuration recommended by HP gives any advantages.
Is it a good idea to keep Exchange/ SQL on seperate partitions in order to be able to de-frag the other partitions? Should defrag be necessary anyway and if so at what intervals?
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