So, just 4 disks? 2 x 18GB RAID 0 mirrored on another 2 x 18GB RAID0? I think/thought that RAID5 had the fastest read rate.
If we dropped the logging to the RAID1 partition I noted below, you think the mailboxes and such should still be RAID1 (or RAID0) also? Thanks bk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] ideal config > Due to the high volume of I/O for spool and mailboxes I would go with RAID > 0/1 instead of 5 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Kingsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:22 PM > Subject: [IMail Forum] ideal config > > > > We're looking for the ideal iMail server hardware configuration. > > > > My thoughts: > > > > Dual Processor Intel Xeon, 2.8GHz w/512K Cache > > 512MB DDR,200MHZ,2X256MB DIMMS > > 5 Bay (2+3) Hot Plug SCSI Hard Drive Split Backplane > > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > > (these two configured RAID1; C:4GB for OS; E:14GB for logging) > > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > > (these three configured RAID5; D:36GB for the spool and mailboxes) > > Hardware RAID with 128MB Battery Backed Cache, 2 Internal Channels > > Dual Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Server Adapters > > > > Is that the best? Or if not, what is ideal? > > > > Thanks! > > > > bk > > > > > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
