Ahh... Well, in that case... I suppose you have try a lesser RAID array for the log files, etc... *shrug*
-----Original Message----- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:24 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Hardware recommendation for Exchange 2003 The problem that we ran into was in having the database and log files on the same drive. When a HD failed, the controller died, and the database was corrupted as well as the log file. If we had them on separate drives, we could have gone to a backup and rolled the logs forward. Which should have been about 10 hours faster... Thanks, Erick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:15 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Hardware recommendation for Exchange 2003 I'm no Exchange guru, but I'd consider maybe a raid1 for the O/S and a raid5 for Exchange + DB files, log files, etc. The O/S can be quickly reinstalled and once you do that, you should be easily able to reconnect to the existing Exchange server, I would think. -----Original Message----- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Hardware recommendation for Exchange 2003 After a day spent without email due to a corrupted database, we're making changes to our Exchange 2003 setup. At the moment, we have a Compaq DL380, dual P3 866 with 2 gigs of RAM. There are four drive slots, with 4 36 gig drives, all set up together as a RAID 5 with a hot spare (72 total space). We have about 100 users (very heavy email usage), and are running a SharePoint portal site on the server as well. The system is heavily IO bound at the moment, so I need to do a drive reconfiguration. We're a non-profit, so I'm trying to keep hardware costs low. For Exchange 2003, do you think it would be better to have 1) Two RAID1 arrays, one for OS + Exchange + database files, and one for swapfile + log files 2) One RAID1 array with a hot spare for OS + Exchange + swapfile + log, and an external RAID5 array for database files 3) Same as #2, but with a RAID5 array instead of RAID1 4) Something else? For SharePoint, I'm thinking that a external RAID5 array would do the job, as the SQL Server backing SharePoint is what is causing the most problem. I'm trying to get the best uptime, followed by the best performance. Thanks for any help, Erick _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
