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I have 3 hard drives in this new server. &nbsp;The server is not supported by a smart start cd so I have to set the thing up manually. &nbsp; I am now setting up the raid and hot spare. &nbsp;But im not familiar with the process. &nbsp; I am currently in a create new array menu that I got to by hitting f8 during boot up. &nbsp; So my first disk I went ahead and installed windows and partitioned the rest of the drive to use as file sharing. &nbsp; Now I am trying to set up the raid. &nbsp;Do I make the first 2 drives part of the raid disk and make the third one the hot spare? &nbsp;or all three in the array and the last one also hot spare?
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I have 3 hard drives in this new server.  The server is not supported by a smart start cd so I have to set the thing up manually.   I am now setting up the raid and hot spare.  But im not familiar with the process.   I am currently in a create new array menu that I got to by hitting f8 during boot up.   So my first disk I went ahead and installed windows and partitioned the rest of the drive to use as file sharing.   Now I am trying to set up the raid.  Do I make the first 2 drives part of the raid disk and make the third one the hot spare?  or all three in the array and the last one also hot spare?

Raid disk, hot spare?

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.

Server Hardware

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).