RE: BE disk config

  • From: Monika Rabarison <monika.k.rabarison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:13:04 -0500 (CDT)

I do appreciate everybody's insights, and useful comments and advice. 
Thank you all indeed. I'll see what I could do.

Thanks  again,

Monika


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Tim Sutton wrote:

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> I'd go with Greg's layout personally. Does he get a little gold star for
> it? :)
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> The only other problem I can see is that you've got a lot of people all
> dependant on one server, so if it falls / fails you could be in trouble.
> Speaking from personal experience over the last few weeks having a
> single point of failure for any critical (or even just mildly important)
> systems is bad thing. Well, unless you like the stress and overtime ;)
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> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:54:34 -0500 (CDT), Monika Rabarison
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> > Great! Thanks again,
> > 
> > Monika
> > 
> > On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Lara, Greg wrote:
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> > > I'd agree with the hot spare idea as well. To figure your quota, 
> > > simply
> > 
> > 
> > > multiply the mailbox size by the number of users. If it exceeds your
> 
> > > available disk space, lower the quota. Leave yourself a 15-20% 
> > > margin of error to be safe. 15000 mailboxes at 50 megabytes each 
> > > equals 750 gigabytes, which is more than you'll have available even 
> > > if you allocate all 8 72 gig drives to your RAID 5.
> > >
> > > It sounds like you're doing this for a school. I'd recommend a 
> > > relatively low mailbox size, which forces people to keep their house
> 
> > > clean. 15000 mailboxes at 25 megs requires 300 gigs, which would be 
> > > within your comfort level.
> > >
> > > Greg Lara
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Monika Rabarison [mailto:monika.k.rabarison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:10 PM
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> > > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: BE disk config
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> > >
> > > Shawn,
> > >
> > > The hot spare idea is a good one.
> > >
> > > Thanks  a  lot,
> > >
> > > Monika
> > >
> > > On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Shawn Moua wrote:
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> > > > I would vote for Greg's setup as well.  However, you may want to 
> > > > leave a 72GB drive as a hot spare (assuming your system is
> capable).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Shawn.
> > > >
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> > > > From: Lara, Greg [mailto:GLara@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:42 AM
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> > > > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: BE disk config
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> > > > This sounds like a test question. Here's how I'd do it:
> > > >
> > > > "C" drive = 2 x 18 mirrored
> > > > "D" drive = 2 x 36 mirrored
> > > > "E" drive = 8 x 72 RAID 5 (or)
> > > > "E" drive = 4 x 72 RAID 5 x 2 (RAID 5+1, that is mirrored RAID 5 
> > > > drives)
> > > >
> > > > The last option is the most secure, and costly, cutting your 
> > > > possible database storage in half, and is probably a little over 
> > > > the top for your needs.
> > > >
> > > > Install your system and boot files on C, Exchange logs on D, 
> > > > private and public databases on E. Drive lettering for D and E 
> > > > could be interchangeable.
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> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I will have 15000 users and one BE server.
> > > > What would be the best configuration for the
> > > > (8 x 72 GB, 2 x 36 GB, 2 x 18 GB) disks on the BE?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
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> > > > Monika
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