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Best disk partition for Exchange 2010 mailbox server
Hi there.. I have newly installed windows server 2008 Ent dedicated for a new exchange 2010 mailbox role upgrade. The total space I have is about 2 TB after allocation about 150 GB for the OS. My question is ..what is the best disk partition is should go for in order to have better performance, serve and transfer about 600 GB of my old exchange 2003.
150gb seems very wasteful for your OS.
I would suggest the following: -
RAID 1 - OS (inc exchange program files, backup program, AV etc) 50gb
RAID 1 - LOGS 100gb
RAID 1 - Exchange database - 900gb
I would suggest the following: -
RAID 1 - OS (inc exchange program files, backup program, AV etc) 50gb
RAID 1 - LOGS 100gb
RAID 1 - Exchange database - 900gb
Go for RAID 10 on the Exchange stores, that will give you the best performance. For the OS and Logs I'd go for the above recommendation.
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I think it's a good idea to go over on the OS partition, so many server builds underestimate the growth of Windows and in a couple of years you're fighting running out of space on the OS partition.
if you have different disks that would be best