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

[Timothy Foster]

Thanks, Brian.  That makes sense.   So if I have a 4 disk array on a single backplane, and given that I want the benefits of RAID 5, is there any argument for configuring more than one partition on the array?  I realize that this is potentially too much of an open-ended question, but I'm curious :-).  The basic premise is that this server would be a workhorse domain member/file server.  Would one partition - C: - combined with carefully configured share and NTFS permissions provide adequate security? Or is it better to put the OS on C: and the shares on D: ?  Or does the benefit of partitions lie somewhere else - for example, if I wanted to wipe C: and reinstall the OS without touching D: ?  (I'm not sure if I like this idea, but as I mentioned, I'm curious...).   Thanks,   Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:53 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] [OT] RAID 5 Best Practice 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