I have done the 2 drives but only so that I could in theory only have to grab one "drive" from the server and move it to another machine not have to move the entire machine. One thing I have found is that I can take a drive from Virtual Server and use it as is in Hyper-V but if the OS is on it there is a little more to it. Once it is on Hyper-V moving the machine back to Virtual Server if the OS is involved causes crashes. If you will be like me and in the short term having to deal with two ways to virtuallize the machine then you will want to keep the two separate.
Jon On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where is this blog post? > > Cheers > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 11:54 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Two Drives vs. One on a Server > > > > Unfortunately, no. > > > > He was actually writing about virtual IDE drives vs. virtual SCSI drives > > in Hyper-V, and just mentioned in passing that it was a best practice to > > have two drives. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:41 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Two Drives vs. One on a Server > > > > I would think your I/O could be a lot better with two physically > > separate drives or drive sets (not sure from your post if that is the > > case)--that is probably one of the biggest bottlenecks on newer > > hardware. Does the blogger say at all why they recommend the two sets? > > > > -Bonnie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:21 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Two Drives vs. One on a Server > > > > Good point. Although with virtualization, the drive can be expanded at > > any time, so that wouldn't so much of a factor now... > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:04 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Two Drives vs. One on a Server > > > > I never really did it for security reasons. I did it because if data is > > on another drive it can't fill up the OS drive....or if I needed to > > expand data storage I didn't have to rebuild the OS. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:01 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: Two Drives vs. One on a Server > > > > > > So, I've been playing around with Hyper-V for a few days, I've created > > > a > > > couple of test servers, and I'm ready now to create a "real" one. > > > > > > One thing I'm not sure of is whether I should create one drive or two > > > for the servers. A blog post from a member of Microsoft's Hyper-V team > > > recommend two as a matter of best practice--one for the OS, and the > > > other for data. We've always split up our physical servers this way, > > > since the Windows NT days. My question is, is it still necessary? If > > > so, > > > why? > > > > > > Back in the day, security was a big reason. For instance, if you had a > > > web server serving content on your D: drive and the server was hacked > > > making the whole drive accessible, the OS couldn't be touched since it > > > was on the C: drive. > > > > > > With the current versions of Windows Server and IIS, is this still a > > > consideration? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > > MIS Department > > > Taylor County School District > > > 318 North Clark Street > > > Perry, FL 32347 > > > > > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
