I would just throw them in a single RAID5 and make a 40GB Windows partition and put everything else on the other partition.
Specs are made for servers that hold hundreds of users. For 30-45 users, your 4 1TB drives are overkill anyway. Get a decent proc and 2-3GB of RAM and you'll have no troubles at all. Jason Tierney, MCITP:EA Vice President, Consulting Services Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" 20010 Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD 20837 direct: 240-425-4441 | main: 301.948.8077 | fax: 301.349.2518 http://www.cornetser.com<http://www.cornetser.com/> Best Place to Work, Alliance for Workplace Excellence – 2006, 2007, 2008 ...ask me how to better manage your IT costs with PROSuite ________________________________ From: Steve Ens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:44 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Quick Question You have four disks for a total of 1TB...I would buy one more, then have logs and OS on a RAID 1, and data on a raid5... On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Theochares, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: (4) 1tb ________________________________ From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:37 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quick Question As Martin mentioned in a previous post we would need to know how many disks to answer any RAID questions. From: Theochares, George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quick Question Nobody will ever accuse me of being thorough, it's a small office (35 - 40 users) setup. Have the hardware. Curious if there were any recommendations on partition size and RAID for OS and Exchange data. If that's not enough info., then have at it. Thanks, I think. ________________________________ From: David McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:52 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quick Question That is where I was going…. Minimal question = Minimal answer ________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quick Question P3 133 with 256 MB RAM is the minimum recommended spec isn't it? :) 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: David McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:11 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quick Question I say he should get a server with a Pentium IV processor of 800 Mhz, and 2 GB of RAM, with at least 4GB of Hard Drive space. That ought to have him up and running in no time. ________________________________ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:09 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quick Question Quick answer: 42 Seriously, this is anything but a quick question. Without knowing anything about your environment we can't begin to help you. We don't know if you have 10 or 10,000 users, 1 or 100 disks, 1 GB or 1 TB of mail, are you running Exchange on a desktop PC or Cray? From: Theochares, George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 6:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Quick Question Migrating to new server in PA office. Recommendations for RAID (i.e. 1, 10) and partition size for a 03 Exchange? George Theochares Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy Professional Corporation [cid:287323815@02102008-2C31] One Constitution Plaza Boston, MA 02129 Tel: (617) 241-3044 Fax: (617) 241-5115 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Note : This e-mail contains information from the law firm of Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy Professional Corporation that may be proprietary, confidential, or protected under the attorney- client privilege or work-product doctrine. This e-mail is intended for the use only of the named recipient. 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