[THIN] Re: Somewhat OT

From: "Evan Mann" <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:30:26 -0400
Always ideal to have separate drive arrays for OS, logs, and store.
It's also even more ideal to have separate controllers and backplanes,
but that bleeds into a little bit of overkill for most situations.
 
 

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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 2:27 PM
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Subject: [THIN] Re: Somewhat OT


Concur, you can't go wrong with a config like that!


On 10/13/05, Matthew Shrewsbury <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

        I just installed Exchange 2003 on Windows 2003. I suggest 8
drives. 2 mirrored for OS, 2 mirrored for Transactions Logs, 4 Raid 5
for Store. With the store the more drives the better although depending
on your load 3 maybe just fine. Also keep in mind that SP2 for Exchange
Std will increase your store limit from 16GB to 75GB so plan for
expansion. 

         

        Have a look at:

        
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/StoragePerf
ormance/0e24eb22-fbd5-4536-9cb4-2bd8e98806e7.mspx

        
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Optimize-Exchange-2003-Performance-P
art1.html

        
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/EXBPA/95fca90b-ae5
0-4bcf-b7b8-62cab0dcf411.mspx

         

        See also:

        IMF Filter (works well so far)

        
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2003/imf/default.mspx

        Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool

        
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2003/exbpa/default.mspx

        Consider ORF filter (cheap and works well). Currently I use IMF
and ORF to stop about 99% of all spam. 

        http://www.vamsoft.com/orf/ 

         

        Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+ 

        Senior Network Administrator

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[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Rooney
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        Hey all,

         

        I think it was on this list that I read someting about Exchange
server and RAID arrays?!? 

        Can anyone enlighten me? I am asked to install Exchange
2000/2003 on a Dell PE2600 

        with a 6 drive RAID 5 system. 

         

         

        Thank You 

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