My question would be...When did they start making 72k RPM SCSI drives? -----Original Message----- From: Tee Darling [mailto:tee.darling77@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:41 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Moving to Exchange for the first time http://www.MSExchange.org/ I meant to say "Let's hear from you....." T On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:40:14 -0500, Tee Darling <tee.darling77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Danny, > Since when did they stop making 72, 000 RPM SCSI disks? I am not aware > of this information but if you can point me to the site that contains > this information I would appreciate it. > > And also, what is the difference between what I said about the RAID > level 1 and 5 for transaction logs and the databases and the links you > have showed here? Let's here from you..... > > T > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:25:00 -0500, Danny <nocmonkey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:59:34 -0500, Tee Darling <tee.darling77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [...] > > > From experience, I would suggest that you buy six or more SCSI > > > harddrives 72,000 RPM (72,000 RPM drives turn out to be faster > > > than 15,000 RPM). > > > > 72,000RPM hard disks do not exist. 15,000RPM is currently the > > de-facto standard for high RPM hard disks. > > > > > Now I know you would ask why 6 or more drives. Right? The answer > > > will be how you'll configure the Exchange server. Lets say you > > > have 7 disks in the Excahnge server: you will configure 2 disks as > > > a RAID 1 for the OS and where you will install Excahnge files. Two > > > more disks will be configured as another RAID 1 for where you'll > > > store Exchange transaction logs. The remaining 3 disks should be > > > configured as RAID level 5 for your Exchange database files (Users > > > emails). It's always advisable not to store the transactions log > > > file and the database files on the same drive or partition. You > > > configure your exchange in this way for performace. > > > > I couldn't find the MSKB, but here is the ideal storage config: > > > > http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=44932 > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328794 > > > > [...] > > > > ...D > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > List Archives: > > http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > > Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > > World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com > > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > > No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows > > Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network > > Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax > > Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List > > as: Tee.Darling77@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit > > http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > > Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: swillis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx