That is similar to the setup we have now. The reason we are changing it is that we had an array on the RAID5 array, which damaged both the store and the logs. It made it very time consuming to get back up and running. All in all, we were without email for a little over 24 hours.
With the logs and store on different drives, the chances of both going bad are very small, so our time to get back to operation is going to be a lot faster. Just a warning on putting all the eggs into one basket. Erick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Wahlers Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Hardware recommendation for Exchange 2003 Somebody's sure to object to how we do stuff, but here goes. We're a nonprofit, also. To maximize the disk space available and keep the system separate, we RAID-5 the whole server, have a 10 GB partition for the System, the rest for everything else. We install Exchange on the "everything else" part. Sure, the performance isn't what you'd get if you separated the stores and transaction logs. But, I did all that on my first Exchange server, and it didn't seem to make a lot of difference, with only a couple hundred users on one box. The hardware is so fast (DL 380, 2GB RAM) that, for us at least, it just doesn't seem to matter. Again, for us, it is *very* important to have the System files on a separate partition, with no logs of any kind (Backup Exec, especially) being written to the System partition. Fill that up, and you have a dead server. -- Larry Wahlers Concordia Technologies The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ 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. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ 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.
