Hi,

The partitioning depends on your hardware configuration:

.:. Small Imail-Server
- Two disks (RAID1) or three disks (RAID1/spare or RAID5: Partition C and D.


.:. Medium/Large Imail-Server
In this case, we have more SATA/SCSI-channels. I would run the
data-partition on a different drive array as the OS. For high volume
servers, i would recommend to run the spool-directory on a third drive
array. 




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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Chuck Schick
Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Januar 2007 17:59
An: [email protected]
Betreff: RE: [IMail Forum] Defragging Disk Drives.

Len:

Any thoughts or recommendations on partitioning....

Chuck Schick
Warp 8, Inc.
(303)-421-5140
www.warp8.com



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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Defragging Disk Drives.



>What are the pros and cons of running a defragmentation program on hard 
>drives on an Imail servers?

pros: faster, more stable mail operations

cons: it can consume a lot of resources (esp disk i/o) that you are 
trying to optimize

>We use diskkeeper - anyone have other
>recommendations?

as good as any. any of the long-time, big-name defraggers work well.

but before defragging:

system design of partitions per function,

partition sizing so that there is plenty of free disk space for 
defragging workspace, and

frequent purging all partitions of stale files.

Do the above wrong/badly, the defragging will take forever and eat 
tons of resources.

Len


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