Thanks Len, My problem is the 4th drive puts me into a more expensive rack server model and minimum add $1,000. OK - so I am following the logic now of the partitioning you are stipulating, even if I have to go 3 drives. Thanks for your help.
-Don -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Ideal Drives and Partitions >Reposting and hoping for suggestions how to best configure and partition >across 3ea. 18GB hard drives for a new IMail server > >Win2K OS >IMail Install >IMail Spool >IMail Logs >IMail Mailboxes Today is "Wicked Wednesday Disk Splitter Day". Buy a fourth drive to have 2 x RAID1 pairs. Pair 1: 8 gb for OS + progs 3 gb for swap (but put in plenty of RAM to minimize swap, it can't be eliminated, apparently. MS wastes every resource it finds) 3 Gb mailqueue 4 Gb for archiving the mail logs Pair 2 for mailboxes only, and just keep 2 or 3 partitions so you don't have to defrag 18 Gb partition. These numbers aren't magically fixed, adjust to suit. turn off logging of all Imail services except SMTP. Len To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ---------- Scanned by CompBiz for Viruses http://www.CompBiz.Net. Save 15 Percent on Virus Software by visiting http://www.compbiz.net/software_mcafee.cfm for details! To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
