Russ
Wed Mar 26 11:38:18 PDT 2008
BINGO
IMO Al Wins the prize.
my 2 cents I like RAID 1 for OS and RAID 1 or 5 for other.
It's just easier to restore things.
Why? It's usually the OS or the DATA that need restored.
Not both at the same time..
If the OS is Toast, I recover that part.
If the Data is Toast I just recover that part.
In ZERO partitions, if the OS is toast, your Data is Off from Last Backup.
In my Configuration, DATA is Fine and not even touched.
Russ
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"Al Williams" <donotreplydirect@usenewsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:ODyXx90jIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Another reason for partitions is shadow copy control is per-partition.
> You don't want shadow copy on the OS or database (exchange, sql, wsus)
> partitions but you do on the user data so generally you want to separate
> things that way.
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> "Jim Behning SBS MVP" <jimbehning@doesthisblockpork.mindspring.com> wrote
> in message news:qqjku3lutetdntos75g0k06qc86tlfsmj8@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:28:30 -0000, "Brian Cryer"
>> <brianc@127.0.0.1.activesol.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>"Skygazer61" <Skygazer61@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:de08ecc5-60ca-491d-8f2c-776fedd13880@n77g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>>> My system arrived from the manufactuer yesterday and they lumped all
>>>> the hard disks into one C: drive. I am going to have to repartion it
>>>> and reinstall the OS myself. Their tech support suggested partioning
>>>> it to C: = 100 GB for the OS and the remainder for D:
>>>>
>>>> I would rather have at least 3 partitions; OS, Software Applications,
>>>> Data, or more which is why I am turning to the experienced users out
>>>> there for input.
>>>>
>>>> The system consists of 4 500GB hard disks with a Raid 5 controller.
>>>>
>>>> What are your thoughts on how to divide up the space?
>>>
>>>Personally I wouldn't partition it unless I had a good reason to - for
>>>example if it were a test system and I knew I'd want to wipe and
>>>reinstall
>>>the OS every now and then. What real advantage does it give you to have
>>>data
>>>and applications in their own separate partitions? If there is an
>>>advantage
>>>(whatever that might be) then go for it, but don't do it just because. In
>>>my
>>>own experience if you partition then unless you are generous with all
>>>your
>>>partition sizes, eventually one becomes too small.
>>>
>>>If you are going to partition then some things to consider:
>>>- How much data do you have, and at what rate do you expect it to grow?
>>>- How many users is the system likely to support, and how much data do
>>>you
>>>expect each to keep in their personal and public folders?
>>>
>>>Others may have different thoughts over the entire partioning issue.
>> I have entirely different ideas. When I want to scan disk fro problems
>> I do not want to scan a 500 gig partition unless I am forced to. If
>> you set the C: partition for 60 gigs that will scan off line fast
>> enough. The other partitions can be scanned on line but you may have
>> to stop a few services. On th elast server I had 500 gigs to play
>> with. I did 60 gigs for C: 120 for D: where I put the Exchange
>> databases, and the rest for E where user files and WSUS went.
>>
>> I have been bit painfully by 8-12 gig partitons for C: so I totally
>> agree with Brian on too small will just come back to haunt you.
>>
>> I hope you are running hardware raid. Two guys in 24 hours have posted
>> with painful software raid problems. Software raid is slower than
>> hardware raid, so I read.
>> See what SBS support is working on
>>
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx
>> Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer
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http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx
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