I'd opt for the dual RAID 1. You typically don't want to stripe your page file. As far as provisioning, it should be fairly quick regardless of which RAID type you choose.
- Sean On 1/3/12, Glen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Haven't created a raid 10 set on that controller, but a raid 1 is almost > instantaneous. > > From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RAID array rebuild Q > > I have a client that I get to flatten and rebuild an OS (an > already-mentioned-here move from 64-bit 2008 to 2008 R2), as part of the > change I am going -on the same server- from a 3-disk RAID5 setup to a > 4-disk dual RAID1 setup (or RAID10, can't decide, but almost the same > thing). My question is this - should I expect it to take long to reconfigure > the disks and be able to start loading the OS? Mainly I'm wondering if > there's a long "please wait while building array" step once I configure the > RAID arrays in the system setup (in this case, Dell PERC 6/I, four 450GB SAS > drives on a Dell T605 tower). > David Lum > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
