[ExchangeList] Re: Exchange 2003 disk partition'g question

  • From: Todd Lemmiksoo <tlemmiksoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:54:51 -0400

OK, my bad. 
 
The server has 4 73 Gb drives in two raid 1 sets. The first set has the OS
and user files partitions. The second set is for Exchange.
 
Todd L.

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[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John T (lists)
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:35 PM
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For an Exchange server, recommendation is minimum 4 physical drives in 2
RAID1 sets.

 

First RAID1 set: OS partition, Page file partition, Logs partition

Second RAID1 set: Exchange DB partition, Backup partition

 

John T

 

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[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd Lemmiksoo
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:23 PM
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Yes, raid 1 = 2 physical drives.

 

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[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:40 PM
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Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange 2003 disk partition'g question

You have a SINGLE 73 GB drive?

 

From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd Lemmiksoo
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:22 PM
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Subject: [ExchangeList] Exchange 2003 disk partition'g question

 

I will be migrating my Exchange 5.5 org to Exchange 2003 in the near future.
(Thanksgiving weekend) And am asking for disk drive partitioning
suggestions. Our current Exchange org is taking about 15 Gb of disk space on
an NT4 server. I have a 73 Gb drive that I am planning on using for the
Exchange 2003 setup. What size partitions should I build for the migration?

Todd Lemmiksoo 
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