Re: Raid configuration advice

I kind of like Kevin's suggestion as far as the RAID5 configuration. Super
G's suggestion is also good. although personally myself I prefer to keep the
OS on it's own array if at all possible. If you have a dual channel RAID
controller I would probably invest in two more 36GB drives and make this a
RAID1 array just for the OS and then use the remaining 5 143GB on the other
channel in a RAID5 array with a hot spare. Just me personal preferences as
I'm sure everyone has their own.


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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Michael <Michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you Kevin, correct me if there is better option
C:\30 GB for system and programs
E:\80 GB for Excahnge & SQL
F:\100 GB for DATA (user folders)
G:\leftover space for page files & WSUS

There is no performance advantage to putting the swap file on a separate
partition on the same array, note.

I was playing with the raid configuration & got the raid 5 configured
but couldn't see to configure hot spare. how do you configure hot
spare?

This depends entirely on the manufacturer - check the documentation or
support.


"Kevin" wrote:

My choice would be RAID 5 , Use four of the drives with one as a hot
spare

"Michael" wrote:

We got a new server for SBS Premium 2003, with 5X143GB SCSI Drives.
What is the recommended Raid configuration and partitions.





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