RE: [ActiveDir] [OT] RAID 5 Best Practice

[Brian Desmond]

Tim-   It doesn’t really matter. The RAID controller has no idea about the partition table. It just presents a LUN to the OS and the OS writes to it.   Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]   c - 312.731.3132     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Foster Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:19 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] [OT] RAID 5 Best Practice   Using a RAID controller's configuration utility I can build and initialize a RAID 5 container.  When installing the OS, I can, if I choose, create a partition.  Is this a good or bad idea?  In other words, if I partition RAID 5 container during the OS install will it make any difference if I ever need to replace a drive and rebuild the array?  Will the partition table be recognized during the rebuild?   Thanks for your input.   Tim