So, if you make it one big fat partition and your HD crashes, what do
you do? Also, using Win2k you are probably running that most wholly
of web servers IIS. Have your web stuff and OS stuff on the same
partition is safe?? Hmm...
I think 8 GBs for your OS part is a little big, but you are on the
right tract, IMHO. Plus, with all the new partitioning tools, if you
run out of space on one, you can grow/shrink them.
DK
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT INTERNET on 05/23/2001 03:51 PM
To: Douglas Knudsen/ATL/ALLTELCORP, [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT
INTERNET@CCMAIL
cc:
Subject: RE: New Server...
Do you mind if I ask why you would want to partition at all? Your OS
would
probably never fill 8 gigs, but IIS or SQL Server could very well
require
more. If you put them all on the same partition, you would not end up
with
one full partition while others have room to spare.
It is often wise to separate services out onto different drives to
minimize
I/O contention with each other and with the OS, but you don't get that
benefit by just partitioning a single drive. With Windows NT 4, we
used to
create a 2 Gig FAT 16 partition for the OS and then a secondary NTFS
partition for everything else, which gave you the ability to boot to a
floppy and access the OS drive. However, that is not really necessary
anymore since Microsoft has built that functionality into Windows 2000
itself.
Benjamin S. Rogers
Web Developer, c4.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:52 PM
To: CF-Server
Subject: New Server...
Hi guys!
Looking for some input....got a new server.
Dell 2400
Win2k, SQL 2000, CFAS 4.5, WebBoards (O'Reilly)
36 gig HD
512 MB RAM
This is my proposed configuration for partitions: (yes, all num's are
rounded off, realize it's not exact)
c: 8 GIG <--- OS
d: 8 GIG <-- IIS/web folders (16 domains)
e: 10 GIG <-- SQL server
f: 10 GIG <-- streaming files
We are going to use Windows Media player to stream some small
powerpoint
presentations to a small group of people (very low usage, maybe 1-5
people a
day, at the most)
Haven't done a full install of a web server in awhile, (other than
development, and all on one drive), so my partition thinking is
extremely
rusty....
Am I ok with this configuration? Any other suggestions?
(I have NO OPTIONS - which means while I wish I could put SQL server
on it's
own machine, it's not going to happen. Likewise for the streaming
files.
Luckily, it's really a low traffic server.)
Many, many thanks and a blueberry muffin to boot!
Erika
ReplaceNoCase("Erica", "c", "k", "ALL")
"One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea."
-
Walter Bagehot
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