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When setting up a &quot;new&quot; Exchange Server 2003, what's the best NTFS Allocation size? &nbsp;Large for the one big blob for the Exchange DB or small for the individual messages of e-mail?
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When setting up a "new" Exchange Server 2003, what's the best NTFS Allocation size?  Large for the one big blob for the Exchange DB or small for the individual messages of e-mail?

When setting up a &quot;new&quot; Exchange Server 2003, what's the best NTFS Allocation size?

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.

Operating Systems

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

When setting up a &quot;new&quot; Exchange Server 2003, what's the best NTFS Allocation size?

When setting up a "new" Exchange Server 2003, what's the best NTFS Allocation size?