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Disk Configuration for Hyper V Server

Hello All

I am after some advice on setting up a new Hyper-V Server.  The Hardware is a HP DL360p Gen8 with 32GB RAM with 6 x 900GB 10K SAS Drives.

Initially the server will only be hosting 2 x VM's running Sage 200 CRM & SQL but would like to add more at a later date.

Server 1 - Server 2012r2 with SQL Server - 1Gb VHD
Server 2 - Server 2012r2 with Sage CRM Components - 1 Gb VHD

This is for a small office with approx 10 staff.

I have done some reading but though I would ask the experts what the best practise is for RAID configurations for this scenario.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
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8/22/2022 - Mon
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RantCan

My 2 cents: Provision disk as single datastore using RAID 10. Which gives you 2.5 TB and will be fast for the SQL.  Also leaves some room for the future.

I would also suggest adding a second server and shared storage later for failover clustering, especially if this office is on the grow.
andyalder

Well, they would certainly learn about the 2 TiB limit if they tried that.
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Where do they obtain UEFI BIOS chip and how do they solder it onto the motherboard?
revroy123

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Thanks for your help.  For ease and size I have gone with two RAID 10 one for OS and one for VM's.  

Thanks