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2 schools of thought when setting up the array.<br />
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you can mirror and setup as 2 logical drives OR setup as raid 5 and and use 100-200 GB for OS and the remainder is storage. &nbsp;you gain more space and redundancy in the raid 5 scenario. &nbsp;But definite seperation of OS and storage with mirroring.<br />
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If you go with Raid 5 I usually setup a small partition for nothing but a pagefile.
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2 schools of thought when setting up the array.

you can mirror and setup as 2 logical drives OR setup as raid 5 and and use 100-200 GB for OS and the remainder is storage.  you gain more space and redundancy in the raid 5 scenario.  But definite seperation of OS and storage with mirroring.

If you go with Raid 5 I usually setup a small partition for nothing but a pagefile.

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Need to setup a ML350 G5 for Windows Server 2008 with two 500GB drives set as mirrored for the operating system and the remaining 500GB HDD's to be used for data storage. &nbsp;What would be the best way to set this up via smartstart?
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Need to setup a ML350 G5 for Windows Server 2008 with two 500GB drives set as mirrored for the operating system and the remaining 500GB HDD's to be used for data storage.  What would be the best way to set this up via smartstart?

Smartstart

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 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.