I wouldn't make that so complicated.
C: OS, applications, logs, pagefile D: exchange db While I always encourage people to "buy high", that's significantly more "oomph" than you'll need for 75 users. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 Drive Configuration Just checking to see if this is the best way to utilize the drives that I have in this server for Exchange 2007. My only question is about the Exchange Install drive. How much room should I use and does it grow at all? Organization One Exchange server 75 mailboxes Server Exchange 2007 on Server 2008 Dell PowerEdge 2950 2 quad core 2.0ghz processors 8 Gb of RAM 2 x 15k 73Gb Drives 4 x 15k 146Gb Drives RAID 1 = 2 73GB Drives - OS, Exchange Install, Exchange log Files C: 20Gb OS D: 10Gb Exchange Install E: 40Gb Exchange Log Files RAID 5 = 4 x 146GB Drives - Page File, Exchange DB F: 10Gb Page File G: 400Gb Exchange DB Thanks for your input Matt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
