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Any guidance with Exchange however?
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How would I lay out the LUNs and volumes for these configurations please:<br />
2 x Exchange 2016<br />
2 x Active Databases max. 250GB<br />
2 x Passive Databases max 250GB<br />
NetApp SnapManager for Exchange (SME)<br />
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I used the Exchange Calculator for...<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-28960367-1"><span>On each Exchange Server:</span>
<span>      C:            System Drive - 200GB   NTFS (default Allocation Units)</span>
<span>      D:            Database Drive - 500GB NTFS (64k)</span>
<span>      E:            Database Drive - 500GB NTFS (64k)</span>
<span>      L:            Logs Drive - 100GB     NTFS (64k)</span>
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Would it be one LUN/Volume &nbsp;per drive letter?<br />
I know it is advised with 2 DB copies in DAG to have 1 volume per Database.
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How would I lay out the LUNs and volumes for these configurations please:
2 x Exchange 2016
2 x Active Databases max. 250GB
2 x Passive Databases max 250GB
NetApp SnapManager for Exchange (SME)

I used the Exchange Calculator for...
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Would it be one LUN/Volume  per drive letter?
I know it is advised with 2 DB copies in DAG to have 1 volume per Database.

NetApp LUNs and Volumes for Exchange 2016

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