RAID uses shared spindles so it doesn't really matter in that type of environment. Jeff Pitsch On 6/29/05, Steve Greenberg <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A common best practice, when resources allow, is to have the system drive on > it's own spindles (i.e. mirrored) and then a separate spindle/drive for > pagefile. When there is a large amount of printing and/or very large spool > files, it is beneficial to redirect the print spool to it's own spindle as > well. > > If you don't have such separate drives and no outrageous printing > requirement, you could just create a C drive partition for system and D for > pagefile across the disks you have available. > > There are many ways, but there are my favorites this month.......... > > Steve Greenberg > Thin Client Computing > 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453 > Scottsdale, AZ 85262 > (602) 432-8649 > www.thinclient.net > steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Evan Mann > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:39 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: New Citrix install > > Ok, so it's evident some people think it's a complete waste of money and > my partner is full of morons, but we tend to lean towards overkill if we > can. Another $5k doesn't break the bank, and even if I never grow into > it, I'm not doing anything bad by having a dedicated data collector, > just spending some extra cash. > > Now back to my original question, what is the recommendation for > partitioning. > > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Steve Greenberg > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:21 PM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: New Citrix install > > > Yeah, I think some of you guys must be suffering from resource > deprivation out their!! :) > > Not only can it take on these additional roles, but in a pinch it could > serve apps, then you have N+2 redundancy, how is that bad? > > Steve Greenberg > Thin Client Computing > 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453 > Scottsdale, AZ 85262 > (602) 432-8649 > www.thinclient.net > steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Braebaum, Neil > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:58 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: New Citrix install > > Harsh. > > There's nothing idiotic about this. Perhaps a little on the generous > side, but there's mileage in dedicating a machine for non-TS activity > for a Citrix farm - even if the farm is fairly small in number of > servers. > > The data-collector could also be a WI server, and perhaps host the > datastore, too. > > Neil > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of pwalley > > Sent: 29 June 2005 16:55 > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [THIN] Re: New Citrix install > > > > amen to what bob said. > > > > On 6/29/05, Bob <bobmails@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > If I were you... I'd be very nervous about depending on > > this "partner" > > > to install/configure Citrix. 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