I have run an Exchange 2000 server for 150 people with both logs and OS on RAID1, the information store was on a RAID5. It worked OK.
Don't choose the worst of two evils, don't do RAID0 and don't use single (non-RAID) drives. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reasoner, Bob (PHES) Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:25 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Preparing for performance I have a Dell 2650 dual Xeon box that I will be building our Exchange Server on. I know it is best to put the logs on their own drive, but that makes it a little difficult to configure on this particular server (no choice). It has a Perc 3DI RAID controller and 5 Internal (36 GB) drives. I was thinking to carve it up as two drives for the OS/Logs, RAID0 or 1, and 3 drives for the stores RAID5. I may be able to have a single drive for the OS and a single drive for the logs, and the three drives for the stores, but haven't tried to make a single drive with this RAID controller before. I know some other RAID controllers I've worked with in the past allowed you to create a single drive RAID1 or some strange setup to dedicate a single physical drive. The maximum number of mailboxes I would ever support is 500 (counting resource boxes). This will be Exchange Enterprise so that I can have more than 1 store (had problems in the past with the single store 16GB limit of standard). Any thoughts from the pros on the list who do this more often? Bob Reasoner Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
