If money is an issue, buy a server with an integrated RAID controller. Performance may not be the same as a RAID controller with huge cache, but you still get the advantage of hot swap, and no OS overhead.
-----Original Message----- From: Tim John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:44 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: RAID 5 setup Touch� (hope I've spelt that right !). All my servers are built on a RAID1 (mirrored pair) for the OS and APPs with a RAID5 setup of at least three disks for the data ... ideal if money isn't a problem ! Tim :-----Original Message----- :From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] :Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2002 10:18 :To: Exchange Discussions :Subject: RE: RAID 5 setup : : :Sucks.......It's worth it to buy the hardware :-Chris : :-----Original Message----- :From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mario :Fernandez :Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:05 PM :To: Exchange Discussions :Subject: RE: RAID 5 setup : : :How do you guy's feel about software NT software RAID? : : :Mario Fernandez :Network Administrator :DataSynapse :632 Broadway 5th Floor :New York, NY 10012 :tel. (212) 842-8849 :fax. (212) 842-8843 :[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :View the DataSynapse email disclaimer here: : e-mail disclaimer :<http://www.datasynapse.com/legal/emailprivacy.jsp> : : :-----Original Message----- :From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] :Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 17:59 :To: Exchange Discussions :Subject: RE: RAID 5 setup : : :I wonder if he means it's going to be a software raid? :-Chris : :-----Original Message----- :From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brett :Wesoloski :Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:56 PM :To: Exchange Discussions :Subject: RE: RAID 5 setup : : :I always thought you had to have the raid five set up before :you install :the operating system. Not sure however so don't listen to me. : :-----Original Message----- :From: Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] :Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:49 PM :To: Exchange Discussions :Subject: RAID 5 setup : : :Hey, : :I'm setting up RAID 5 on an upgraded Exchange 5.5 server, my :question is :this do I install Exchange before I setup RAID 5 or do I do it :after the :install, also I will be migrating data, do I need to do the migration :before RAID 5 setup or after, may be a newbie question to some but I :appreciate any advice anyone can give. : :_________________________________________________________________ :List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm :Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp :To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :_________________________________________________________________ :List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm :Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp :To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : :_________________________________________________________________ :List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm :Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp :To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :_________________________________________________________________ :List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm :Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp :To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : :_________________________________________________________________ :List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm :Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp :To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
