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More info?)
Since we are going with raid 5 and only three hard drives it doesn't look
like partitioning would be of much of an advantage. It would be different
if we had more hardware available. Thanks
"Greg Hayes/Raxco Software" <ghayesntloader@raxco.com> wrote in message
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> "I will just go with one big volume on both"
>
> Well thought out partitioning can make it easier to recover in the case of
> file system corruption. It can also speed up backup/restore times.
>
> - Greg/Raxco Software
> Microsoft MVP - Windows File System
>
> Want to email me? Delete ntloader.
>
> "Dwayne" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> I think since we do not have really have separate disks in either server
>> that I will just go with one big volume on both. I don't really see the
>> advantage of partitioning in my situation. I just thought someone else
>> might know a reason why I absolutely should. Thanks
>>
>>
>> "Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
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>> > Dwayne
>> >
>> > For a system volume, I would calculate about 2GB for the clean
>> > operating
>> > system, at least another GB for future service packs and fixes, add the
>> max
>> > size for your paging file - don't forget that you might want to add RAM
>> and
>> > enlarge the paging file in the future - add needed space for any
>> > applications installed on the system/boot volume, and at last, add 50%
> to
>> > avoid filling the volume to more than 70%.
>> >
>> > Having just one volume might also be an option.
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> > Bjorn
>> > --
>> > Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
>> > Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>> >
>> > "Dwayne" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >I am getting ready to install two Windows 2003 servers and one will
> have
>> > >Exchange 2003. I have not found any recommendations on the Microsoft
>> web
>> > >site as far as partitioning the drives. The one server will have two
> ide
>> > >hard drives and I will be just setting up a mirror. The Exchange will
> be
>> > >raid five with three 40gb SCSI drives. Could anyone help me out with
> the
>> > >recommended partitions for these two servers? Thanks in advance.
>> > >
>> > >Dwayne
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
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