First of all, you should not be using one hard drive period. Second, you should be using some sort of Raid in case one hard drive fails.
Since hard drives are cheap insurance to a point, minimum configuration is 2 hard drives mirrored. Better is 4 hard drives mirrored in 2 sets. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MIS Dept > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IMail Forum] what is the best way of utilizing the 2nd harddrive? > > I decided to put a 2nd hard disk in the computer of the Imail server and > was wondering about what is the ideal configuration in this case? > > What part of Imail and the swap file should stay on C: and what should go > to the new hard drive? > > 1. spool folder > 2. log folder > 3. swap file > > I know, that in case of a workstation the swapfile should definitely go to > the 2nd hard drive, but I don't know how much Imail or the server (Win2K) > is utilizing the swap file during Imail operation, therefor if it really > should go there or shouldn't. > > 2nd dilemma is, whether the spool directory or the log directory should go > the 2nd hard drive? > > Any ideas? > > Geza > > > 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/
