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Hey gang!
My group and I are having a somewhat lengthy discussion
about drive partitioning and Windows 2000, and I'd like to solicit some input
from the group.
The scenario:
We have a Dell server with a PERC card and 5 - 18GB
drives. All drives are configured in a RAID5 array w/ hot spare. The
discussion seems to revolve around the best way to split up this array for use
with Windows 2000. Some have the school of thought that logical
drives should be created from within the PERC utility, while others believe
that the logical drives should be created from within Windows.
We all understand that the MS best practice would be to create
a mirror for the OS, and then RAID5 for everything else. This is one
of our smaller servers; others have 36GB and 72GB drives. I'd just assume
not dedicate 2- 18, 36, or 72 GB drives to the operating system.
So, assuming that mirroring is out, do we partition on the
PERC card, or partition within Windows? And, what are the pros and cons of
each?
Thanks much.
John Witasick
Project Manager - Windows Networking Services Group |
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