Option B is correct. :) Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com>
c - 312.731.3132 From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disk configuration in new server At least one resource at MS suggests that some form of RAID is 'required' for DAGs with fewer than 3 servers, though I doubt that required means "required as in you can't configure it." After all, how would it know?. More likely, it means "required as in you're stupid to do it without RAID on DAGs with fewer than 3 servers." http://www.slideshare.net/harold.wong/exchange-2010-high-availability-and-storage slides 16 and 20. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com<mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com>> wrote: I would think at the least you would want RAID 1. Jon On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Carl Houseman <c.house...@gmail.com<mailto:c.house...@gmail.com>> wrote: JBOD's. E2010 does its own DR thing, RAID not required. But again, that's just what I've heard/read. Carl From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com<mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com>] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk configuration in new server Hi guys, I'm just revisiting this after getting pulled in a few different directions over the past week. Dumb question... if I use RAID 1 on the OS and log volumes, and it's not recommended that I use RAID 5 for the data, what *should* I use for the data? Thanks :) Evan From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com<mailto:egold...@gmail.com>] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk configuration in new server I'd say run mirrors for all volumes except the data (information store) if your IS size is already large ... but best decision will be based on your current disk usage and projected growth. Depending on your backup schedule and traffic volume, your log files may require large storage too. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' ________________________________ From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com<mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com>] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disk configuration in new server Hi guys. I'm looking at this server: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1723415 to be our next Exchange 2010 Enterprise server (currently running 2003 Ent. on 7 year old hardware.) What I'm wondering is, if I wanted to have a separate RAID array for the 1) OS and Exchange 2) Exchange data 3) Exchange logs... then do I need 3 RAID controllers? I've never set up multiple RAID arrays on a server before. Or do I even need to separate them out? Storage is not a big concern, but speed is. Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
