We had 20GB originally for our Windows 2003 Citrix servers and we had to shunt them all to 28GB recently. Not that they were actually running out of space - just they were down to about 2GB and this was making them all alert through Ops Manager. However we do have some nasty apps that like to write to the c: drive, some idiot admins with enormous profiles, lots of old hotfix uninstallers and the like.
On 8 June 2010 13:53, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's my take on the server C: drive. I want it to be as small as > possible so that in the event of catastrophe it's relatively quick to > restore. 20 GB of space should be more than adequate for the typical Win2K3 > server as long as you make a point of not installing apps on it. While there > are apps that are hard-coded to install on the C: drive, the vast majority > give you the option to change the default install location. > > Beyond that, the suggestions by others to change the location of the > pagefile and temp directories are helpful but I find apps, particularly > those that also install SQL Express are the ones that cause the most space > issues. If there's no benefit in installing something to the C: drive, > don't. > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] > *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected] > ] > *Sent:* Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:41:43 -0500 > *Subject:* Re: partition size for 2008 (was: Low disk space) > > I agree with Ken on this one and have painfully experienced that whole "20 > GB is enough for C:" scenario. I'm building all my 2008 servers with a > minimum of 100 GB for the OS partition. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Schaefer" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 7, 2010 11:02:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: RE: partition size for 2008 (was: Low disk space) > > 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/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
