That's a good point, but there is more flexibility where virtualization is concerned. :)
For now, I balance things by using 50GB for C:, and storing as much as possible on other drives. It's easy enough to change the drive size of a virtual system, so that's one less concern for gambling wrong in the future. As for physical, I try to go with 80GB (SATA) or 72GB (SAS) mirrors for the C: drive, so even less worries there. I think it's time that I updated this: http://kb.ultratech-llc.com/?File=ServerSpecs.TXT (5 years is a loooong time) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > People said the same thing about 20GB C: partitions under Win2k3. And then > after 5-6 years, after installing apps, installing updates, various log > files, you end up in a situation where you start to run out of space. > > I've already got DCs here built with 36GB C: partitions with Win2k8 that > are running out of space. Pagefile, expanded event logs, expanding NTDS, > various applications etc, just start to consume space. In a large > enterprise, we don't have the luxury of someone spending 24 hours to look at > files and work out what to delete. So, it's just better to provision more > space in the first place. Given that storage is usually < $1/GB, I don't > consider paying an extra $100 or so per DC to have an extra few years of > piece-of-mind. I don't know what John earns, but given the amount of time > that's been spent on the issue, I'd be questioning the ROI on this > endeavour. > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2010 10:41 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: C: partition size for 2008 (was: Low disk space) > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Even 20GB is too small. Aim for 40-50GB. If you are even thinking of > > upgrading to Win2k8 then 72GB would be my minimum > > 72 GB for the C: partition.... > > I haven't really played with 2008 yet. What in %DEITY%'s name is on there > that needs that much space? :) > > I was thinking of going with 2008 R2 Enterprise, in a host plus four VM > config, for our next server upgrade cycle. Going with your recommendation, > I can expect to have to dedicate 360 gigabytes of disk just to C: > partitions. > > I think we have around 300 GB of corporate data total, not including > Exchange! :-) > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
