What would the partitions on the first configuration gain you (over just a single C:)? I thought the idea behind placing NTDS, etc on something _besides_ C: was to get the performance benefits of extra spindles (as in #2).
-- nme -----Original Message----- From: Al Lilianstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:24 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] DC Configuration We have some budget money to replace domain controllers this year. Not all of them but probably half of them. We've pretty much decided on 64 bit Dell PowerEdge servers. Most of the discussion is about disk configuration. Two schools of thought exist here. 1) 2x73GB 15K drives in RAID1. Carve up the volume at the OS level with 20GB or so for the OS and the remainder for NTDS, Sysvol, and system state backups 2) Two sets of 2x73 10K drives in RAID1. The first set is for the OS, the second is for NTDS, Sysvol, and system state backups. I've always liked physically separating the OS from the application data. Others here like carving up the volume at the OS. Any thoughts, opinions, suggestions? tia, al -- Al Lilianstrom CD/CSS/CSI [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/370 - Release Date: 6/20/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/370 - Release Date: 6/20/2006 List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx
