That's what I thought too...RAID 5 with a hot spare...thanks. On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote:
> For 150 users – no special needs whatsoever on the disk array. RAID-5 is > fine. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 06, 2011 1:31 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Disk config for Exchange 2010 in virtual machine > > > > OK, new Proliant DL380 G7 just walked into my office, 24GB RAM, dual X6xxx > processors. I had six 300GB 10K drives already on hand and am looking for > suggestions as to how best to configure the disk array. I'm going to > install the Exchange 2010 server in a virtual machine, so is there any > benefit to creating multiple arrays? ie. RAID 1, and RAID 5 or something > like that? I've got 150 users across the country, so I'll have all my > roles on one box, and plan to install a DAG on a different VM down the road > for redundancy. > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
