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I am installing Exchange 2003 Server into our organization.  We are very small.  We have 17 users and one domain controller.  I have a server that has a dual channel RAID card.  Channel 1 is Raid 1 With two 36 GB disks.  Channel 2 is RAID 5 with 4 36 GB disks.  Please tell me how you would advise configuring the partitions.  I have searched the web and EE pretty extensively and find conflicting information.  Secondly, would anyone advise creating a "Dos" boot partition as advised in this MS Article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=327860
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Ok, so I have two arrays.  Should I  put C:\ and D:\ and E:\ on the RAID 1 and then G:\ on the RAID 5?
"Should I  put C:\ and D:\ and E:\ on the RAID 1 and then G:\ on the RAID 5? " - it is possible but not wise.
 
As the transaction log files and database files are the most important.
Partition your disks so that your Exchange application files, Exchange database files, and Exchange transaction log files are all on separate hard disks to increase performance and reduce the amount of data you need to recover.

I would recommend putting exchange transaction log files on seperate array as RAID 1. This would make your transaction log files seperate from your system and boot partition and would improve the performance.