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We bought some new drives and set up a RAID 10, although it looks like optimal performance may be for the logs to be on there as well as they are strictly write operations.
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We bought some new drives and set up a RAID 10, although it looks like optimal performance may be for the logs to be on there as well as they are strictly write operations.

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Optimal performance and redundancy is not for log files to be on the same array as the databases. If you do this, you will have NO REDUNDANCY or disaster recovery whatsoever in Exchange.<br />
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Log Files and Databases NEED to be on separate arrays on a proper server.<br />
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-Matt
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Optimal performance and redundancy is not for log files to be on the same array as the databases. If you do this, you will have NO REDUNDANCY or disaster recovery whatsoever in Exchange.

Log Files and Databases NEED to be on separate arrays on a proper server.

-Matt

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We are experiencing poor disk performance on our Exchange 2007 server (about 30 users) running on new Dell Poweredge 2900. &nbsp;It is installed on SBS 2008, with everything on one RAID 5, in separate volumes per Microsoft's Small Business Server setup guidelines. &nbsp;We have ordered 4 additional drives (15k RPM 147GB). &nbsp;What is the best way to configure the exchange data on the drives/volumes for optimal Exchange performance? &nbsp;Is it enough to have the logs and database on separate volumes on a RAID 1 or should we create two RAID sets?
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We are experiencing poor disk performance on our Exchange 2007 server (about 30 users) running on new Dell Poweredge 2900.  It is installed on SBS 2008, with everything on one RAID 5, in separate volumes per Microsoft's Small Business Server setup guidelines.  We have ordered 4 additional drives (15k RPM 147GB).  What is the best way to configure the exchange data on the drives/volumes for optimal Exchange performance?  Is it enough to have the logs and database on separate volumes on a RAID 1 or should we create two RAID sets?

Optimal Exchange 2007 Drive Configurations

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.