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Thanks Dan! This is very helpful.
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The installation is proceeding now... Thanks again!!
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The installation is proceeding now... Thanks again!!

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We will setup a web server on a VM for our two database applications. The databases will be on separate database servers, not on this web server.<br />
We will use Windows 2008 R2 Standard for this web server. We will enable IIS role on it.<br />
This web server will host 2 webs obviously. The users will be 5 and 20 respectively.<br />
What are the best practice to setup this server?<br />
- Should I make one partition or two? (OS and DATA) or three? (OS, DATA and PAGE FILE)<br />
- How big should it be for the partition(s)?<br />
- Any other thoughts?<br />
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Many Thanks!!
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We will setup a web server on a VM for our two database applications. The databases will be on separate database servers, not on this web server.
We will use Windows 2008 R2 Standard for this web server. We will enable IIS role on it.
This web server will host 2 webs obviously. The users will be 5 and 20 respectively.
What are the best practice to setup this server?
- Should I make one partition or two? (OS and DATA) or three? (OS, DATA and PAGE FILE)
- How big should it be for the partition(s)?
- Any other thoughts?

Many Thanks!!

Windows 2008 R2 Server web server - best practice for partitions.

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.

Microsoft IIS Web Server

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.