I don't mess with stripe sizes, leave all defaults in all my arrays, but the way you have broken up the components is what I go with. I have a RAID5 setup for my trans logs, but a R1 is fine too IMO.
Ideally each of those drives is a totally separate array of disks, and even more ideally, they're all on separate channels of a RAID controller, but you can't always get that split up. In my instance, C is a R1, D is a R3 (no hotspare) using internal server storage on a split backplane and onboard RAID controller E is an external array using a separate dual channel card (the array has 2 channels). My E is actually E and F, since I have the array set into 2 sections, each with hot spare, and each one is a separate storage group. Even more redundancy. Exchange is installed to C with my OS. That's also where AV is installed. I have a dedicated front end server which runs OWA. That machine is C R1 and D R5 only. Since it's a front end, the store is not important. The only reason it has one is because the AV product needs it for a few things. Inetpub is on C, but it should be on D, so when the next directory traversal exploit comes out, it won't work very well. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wesley K. Joyce Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 4:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Windows 2003 / Exchange 2003 disk partitioning Greetings list, what is the best practice for placing certain Windows / Exchange files on different partitions. Here is my breakdown so far and I believe this is best practice. My questions are below. C: 18GB HW R1 128kb stripe, 4kb block size OS / APPS (Non Exchange) NOTE Less than 7GB free on this partition. D: 36GB HW R1 64kb stripe, 4kb block size Mailbox/Public Folder Store transaction logs E: 340GB HW R5 64kb stripe, 4kb block size Mailbox/Public Folder Store databases 1. Where should I put inetpub? 2. Where should I put exchange binaries (all the exchange directories/files minus the transaction logs and databases which are the D:, E: respectively)? 3. Where should I put my GFI antivirus/antispam? Performance and availablity reasons or explanations as to your suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you and seasons greetings! _________________________________________________________________ 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.
