Aside from poor performance by placing logs and dbs on the same raid set is the risk of loosing the raid set _and_ tlogs at the same time in the case of a failure of the raid set.
Stick with what Steve recommends. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Molkentin Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:59 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Comments on performance Craig, Ultimately, it depends on your expectation of load and budget, but my thoughts would be: Raid1 - Programs (programs and logs *could* share the same mirror) Raid1 - Logs Raid5 - database I am happy for that to be shot down with the better solution - there are more out there that know more than I. themolk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig A. Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:51 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Comments on performance > > > A long while ago read the optimal configuration for a > exchange server was three separate physical partitions. One > for programs, one for logs and one for exchange database. If > you had to choose between a single > raid5 5 drive raid or mirrored program, mirrored logs and > raid5 three drives for data, which would you choose? > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > 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 send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% 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 send a blank email to [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.
